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

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

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
sellotapes	12	10	374	(None)
sellotape	11	9	362	1	sellotape_
sellotaped	13	12	257	1	sellotaped
allotypes	14	4	510	3	_allotypes
collotypes	17	5	335	3	collotypes
heliotypes	18	4	357	3	heliotypes
helotages	13	4	612	3	he_lotages
sellotaping	14	5	258	3	sellotaping
serotypes	14	4	532	3	se_rotypes
telltales	9	4	439	3	tell_tales
telotaxes	16	4	464	3	te_lotaxes

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	11	6.296	22332.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.702	26662.3