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]

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56 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
acrospire	13	4	398	4	_acrosp_ire
atmosphere	17	5	289	4	_atmosphere
biospheres	17	6	514	4	bi__ospheres
ecospheres	17	9	513	4	_ec_ospheres
exosphere	21	9	416	4	__exosphere
heliosphere	19	5	293	4	heliosphere
hydrospheres	24	5	339	4	hydrospheres
insphere	13	5	597	4	_i__nsphere
ionospheres	16	5	402	4	_ionospheres
lithospheres	20	7	284	4	lithospheres
macromere	15	4	529	4	macro__mere
macrophage	20	5	436	4	macro_phage
macrophyte	22	5	545	4	macro_phyte
mesospheres	18	5	369	4	m_esospheres
microamperes	20	5	320	4	microamperes
microgamete	18	5	534	4	microgamete
microliter	14	4	742	4	microliter_
microliters	15	4	580	4	microliters
micromeres	16	4	848	4	micro__meres
micrometer	16	4	1014	4	micrometer_
micrometers	17	4	907	4	micrometers
microphages	21	5	691	4	micro_phages
microphones	20	4	876	4	micro_phones
microphyll	22	5	450	4	micro_phyll
micropores	16	6	1019	4	micro_pores
microprobe	18	5	592	4	micro_probe
micropyle	18	4	627	4	micro_p_yle
microscale	16	4	639	4	micros_cale
microscope	18	13	857	4	micros_cope
microsome	15	4	910	4	micros__ome
microsomes	16	4	915	4	microsome_s
microspherical	25	8	244	4	microspher~~ica~~l
microstate	14	4	801	4	micros_tate
microsurgery	20	6	255	4	microsurgery
noosphere	14	4	477	4	__noosphere
oosphere	13	5	599	4	___oosphere
ozonosphere	25	6	215	4	ozonosphere
photosphere	21	5	592	4	photosphere
rhizosphere	28	6	244	4	rhizosphere
thermosphere	22	6	353	4	thermosphere
troposphere	18	5	359	4	troposphere

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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	56	8.343	17837.6
3	Display Results	56	56	0.033	1697.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	56	8.796	20315.0