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

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

13 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
polyhydroxy	29	6	120	(None)
monohydroxy	30	6	83	3	monohydroxy
polyhedron	19	5	329	3	polyhedro_n
polyhedrons	20	5	286	3	polyhedrons
hydroxy	24	5	426	4	____hydroxy
polyandrous	17	5	274	4	polyandrous
polyandry	18	5	291	4	polyandr__y
polychromy	25	5	305	4	poly_chromy
polyhedra	18	5	359	4	polyhedr__a
polyhedral	19	5	287	4	polyhedr_al
polyhedroses	21	15	201	4	polyhedroses
polyhedrosis	21	15	193	4	polyhedrosis
trihydroxy	27	6	92	4	_trihydroxy

Search took 10 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	13	9.063	16420.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.486	18837.3