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

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

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.

19 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
sparoid	10	23	1154	(None)
sparid	9	40	1693	1	spar_id
sparoids	11	21	871	1	sparoids
spiroid	10	21	982	1	spiroid
sporoid	10	23	1073	1	sporoid
acaroid	10	35	1231	2	acaroid
aroid	6	54	2834	2	__aroid
parotid	10	29	1551	2	_parotid
sarcoid	10	3	1045	2	s_arcoid
sarod	6	53	2587	2	s_aro_d
sepaloid	11	4	676	2	sepaloid
sialoid	8	3	1096	2	sialoid
spared	9	54	2749	2	spar_ed
sparged	11	35	1276	2	sparged
sparids	10	35	1212	2	spar_ids
sparked	14	35	1314	2	sparked
sparred	10	45	1286	2	sparred
spheroid	14	4	728	2	spheroid
steroid	8	13	1487	2	steroid

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.749	47663.6