Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “megasporangia” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

13 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
megasporangia	19	8	108	(None)
megasporangium	22	8	93	2	megasporangium
megalomania	16	9	272	4	mega_loman_ia
megasporic	17	5	259	4	megaspor___ic
microsporangia	21	7	154	4	microsporangia
sporangia	12	4	350	4	____sporangia
zoosporangia	24	7	86	4	_zoosporangia
megalomaniac	19	7	241	5	mega_loman_iac
megalomanias	17	7	250	5	mega_loman_ias
megalomanic	18	9	240	5	mega_loman_ic
megaspore	14	4	344	5	megaspor____e
megaspores	15	4	353	5	megaspor___es
sporangial	13	5	309	5	____sporangial

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	8.203	15212.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.625	20717.8