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

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

13 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
spheroid	14	4	728	(None)
sphenoid	14	4	632	1	sphenoid
spheroids	15	4	554	1	spheroids
scleroid	11	4	721	2	scleroid
sparoid	10	23	1154	2	sp_aroid
sphenoids	15	4	467	2	sphenoids
sphered	13	35	1231	2	spher_ed
spheric	14	5	1007	2	spher_ic
spheroidal	16	5	256	2	spheroidal
spiroid	10	21	982	2	sp_iroid
sporoid	10	23	1073	2	sp_oroid
steroid	8	13	1487	2	s_teroid
theroid	11	3	1340	2	_theroid

Search took 5 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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.783	32000.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.169	42861.8