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

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

11 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
polypetalous	19	6	162	(None)
polyphagous	22	8	264	3	polyp_hagous
apetalous	11	4	458	4	___apetalous
gamopetalous	17	6	96	4	gamopetalous
petalous	10	5	897	4	____petalous
polyestrous	16	5	254	4	poly_estrous
polygamous	18	5	360	4	poly__gamous
polyphonous	21	5	324	4	polyp_honous
polypous	15	4	798	4	polyp____ous
polysemous	17	5	296	4	polyse__mous
sympetalous	18	6	166	4	_sympetalous

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	6.686	18664.4
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.092	25196.1