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

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

10 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
protogalaxy	24	6	156	(None)
protogalaxies	23	6	177	3	protogalaxies
metagalaxy	23	5	91	4	_metagalaxy
photoplay	19	5	475	4	photo_pla_y
phototaxy	24	5	415	4	photo__taxy
prodigality	18	11	366	4	prodigality
prodigally	17	4	438	4	prodigal_ly
protonotary	16	5	314	4	protonotary
protoplasm	16	6	532	4	proto_plasm
protoplast	14	6	778	4	proto_plast

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	10	8.626	17252.4
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	9.046	19753.6