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

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

14 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
stereophonic	19	6	287	(None)
stereophonies	18	7	265	2	stereophonies
stereophony	19	5	226	2	stereophon_y
stereoscopic	18	6	354	3	stereoscopic
telephonic	17	5	476	3	_tele_phonic
microphonic	22	5	651	4	micr_ophonic
saxophonic	24	5	325	4	s__axophonic
stereopsis	12	6	344	4	stereop__sis
stereotactic	16	6	268	4	stereotactic
stereotaxic	20	5	258	4	stereo_taxic
stereotypic	18	5	332	4	stereo_typic
strophic	15	6	900	4	st_r_oph__ic
strophoid	15	6	720	4	st_r_opho_id
theophanic	20	5	429	4	_t_heophanic

Search took 9 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	7.923	15750.3
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	8.329	21454.1