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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “protozoans” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
protozoans	21	5	553	(None)
protozoan	20	4	594	1	protozoan_
protozoons	21	5	436	1	protozoons
protozoa	19	4	542	2	protozoa__
protozoal	20	4	544	2	protozoa_l
protozoon	20	5	441	2	protozoon_
bryozoans	23	5	158	3	br_yozoans
ectozoans	20	4	294	3	_ectozoans
entozoans	18	4	339	3	_entozoans
photoscans	17	5	546	3	photoscans
polyzoans	23	4	418	3	p_olyzoans
pretorians	12	5	831	3	pretorians
proteans	10	28	1154	3	prot__eans
protistans	12	4	520	3	protistans
protocols	13	4	720	3	protoco_ls
protohumans	18	5	260	3	protohumans
protons	9	31	1800	3	prot__o_ns
protopods	14	4	699	3	protopo_ds
protostars	12	4	685	3	protostars
protozoic	22	4	615	3	protozo_ic
sporozoans	21	12	276	3	sporozoans

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	21	5.656	24859.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.079	29394.8