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

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

20 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
phthalin	16	5	585	(None)
phthalein	17	6	360	1	phthalein
phthalic	18	5	557	1	phthalic
phthalins	17	6	537	1	phthalins
phthaleins	18	6	319	2	phthaleins
ptyalin	12	7	478	2	p_tyalin
cephalin	15	7	798	3	cephalin
hyalin	12	22	1004	3	_h_yalin
kephalin	17	5	564	3	kephalin
ophthalmia	20	12	280	3	ophthalmia
ophthalmic	22	12	301	3	ophthalmic
pachalic	17	5	727	3	pachalic
pashalic	15	4	618	3	pashalic
pashalik	17	4	418	3	pashalik
petaline	10	3	1488	3	pet_aline
phenazin	22	4	560	3	phenazin
phthalate	17	4	433	3	phthalate
phthisic	18	5	390	3	phthisic
phthisis	16	5	444	3	phthisis
ptyalins	13	6	469	3	p_tyalins

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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	20	7.186	20339.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.609	23484.2