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

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

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.

17 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
phosphorescent	26	7	192	(None)
phosphoresce	24	6	271	2	phosphoresce__
phosphoresced	26	6	210	2	phosphoresce_d
phosphorescence	29	8	150	2	phosphorescence
phosphoresces	25	6	251	2	phosphoresce_s
phosphorescing	27	8	190	2	phosphorescing
phosphores	20	7	842	4	phosphores____
phosphoruses	22	5	384	4	phosphorus_e_s
phosphocreatine	27	8	183	5	phosphocreatine
phosphore	19	6	789	5	phosphor___e__
phosphoric	22	6	644	5	phosphor_ic___
phosphorite	21	5	538	5	phosphor_ite__
phosphorites	22	5	469	5	phosphor_ite_s
phosphors	19	7	654	5	phosphor_s____
phosphorus	20	8	482	5	phosphorus____
postadolescent	19	11	130	5	p_ostadolescent
postpubescent	21	7	107	5	p_ostpubescent

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	95024	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	17	6.216	15287.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.358	28104.9