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

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

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.

18 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
osteosises	10	4	452	(None)
ostosises	9	4	623	1	ost_osises
osteoses	8	3	903	2	osteo__ses
osteosis	8	4	674	2	osteosi__s
esthesises	13	4	481	3	esthesises
hostesses	12	4	717	3	hoste_s_ses
osteitides	11	4	396	3	osteitides
ostensive	12	4	473	3	ostensive_
osteocytes	15	5	342	3	osteocytes
osteoids	9	4	595	3	osteo_i_ds
osteotomes	12	13	437	3	osteotomes
ostomies	10	3	1058	3	ost_omi_es
ostoses	7	12	1355	3	ost_o__ses
ostosis	7	13	1012	3	ost_osi__s
ostracises	12	4	537	3	ostracises
skepsises	15	4	275	3	_skepsises
sorosises	9	4	730	3	_sorosises
stypsises	14	4	342	3	_stypsises

Search took 7 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	140603	0.410	435831.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	5.983	23500.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.409	27881.3