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

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

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
photofloods	20	5	244	(None)
photoflood	19	5	256	1	photoflood_
hotbloods	15	4	303	3	_hot_bloods
hotblood	14	4	367	4	_hot_blood_
hotfoots	14	4	432	4	_hot_f_oots
photodiode	17	5	410	4	photo_diode
photodiodes	18	5	385	4	photodiodes
photoflash	21	5	353	4	photofl_ash
photoflashes	23	5	307	4	photoflashes
photolyses	18	4	665	4	photo_lyses
photolysis	18	4	670	4	photo_lysis
photolyzes	27	4	548	4	photo_lyzes
photoperiods	20	10	350	4	photoperiods
photophores	21	5	910	4	photophores
photoplays	20	5	472	4	photopl_ays
proofrooms	17	5	239	4	pro_ofrooms
protopods	14	4	699	4	proto__pods
protozoons	21	5	436	4	proto_zoons

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	18	8.050	18486.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.483	21064.6