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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “metacercariae” 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.

11 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
metacercariae	19	7	123	(None)
metacercaria	18	6	181	1	metacercaria_
metacercarial	19	7	135	1	metacercarial
cercariae	13	4	570	4	____cercariae
cercaria	12	4	696	5	____cercaria_
cercarial	13	4	603	5	____cercarial
cercarian	13	4	623	5	____cercarian
cercarias	13	4	688	5	____cercarias
metacarpal	16	5	207	5	meta___carpal
metacentric	17	5	363	5	metace_ntri_c
metacentrics	18	6	301	5	metace_ntrics

Search took 10 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	11	9.420	13247.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	9.826	18185.5