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

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

12 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
photoperiods	20	10	350	(None)
photoperiod	19	9	450	1	photoperiod_
photoperiodic	23	6	290	2	photoperiodic
photoperiodism	24	7	258	2	photoperiodism
photoperiodisms	25	8	193	3	photoperiod~~ism~~s
photodiode	17	5	410	4	photo__diode
photodiodes	18	5	385	4	photo__diodes
photofloods	20	5	244	4	photo_floods
photometries	19	6	833	4	photometri_es
photopias	16	4	1014	4	photop__i_as
photoresists	17	5	445	4	photoresists
protopods	14	4	699	4	protop___ods

Search took 8 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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	7.126	17511.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.545	23683.4