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

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

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.

15 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
microsphere	20	5	510	(None)
microspheres	21	5	492	1	microspheres
microspore	16	4	686	2	microsp_ore
biosphere	16	6	478	3	bi__osphere
ecosphere	16	10	480	3	_ec_osphere
hydrosphere	23	5	340	3	hydrosphere
ionosphere	15	5	397	3	_ionosphere
lithosphere	19	5	317	3	lithosphere
mesosphere	17	5	382	3	m_esosphere
microampere	19	5	348	3	microampere
micromere	15	4	787	3	micro__mere
microphage	20	5	646	3	micro_phage
microphone	19	4	833	3	micro_phone
micropore	15	7	931	3	micro_p_ore
microspores	17	4	741	3	microspores

Search took 6 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	121633	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	5.563	21864.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.985	29856.5