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

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

22 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
telepaths	14	4	441	(None)
telepath	13	4	514	1	telepath_
telepathy	17	4	308	1	telepathy
telepathic	17	5	334	2	telepathic
telepathies	16	5	336	2	telepathies
allopaths	14	4	496	3	allopaths
delegates	11	3	984	3	delegates
elevates	11	11	1042	3	_elevates
relegates	10	3	1094	3	relegates
selenates	9	16	1136	3	selenates
telecasts	11	4	554	3	telecasts
telefaxes	19	4	381	3	telefaxes
telegas	8	3	744	3	telega__s
telegraphs	16	4	519	3	telegraphs
telemarks	15	4	366	3	telemarks
teleosts	8	4	642	3	teleost_s
telephotos	15	5	261	3	telephotos
teleplays	14	4	271	3	teleplays
teleports	11	4	545	3	teleports
telerans	8	5	947	3	telera_ns
tolerates	9	3	1212	3	tolerates
towpaths	16	4	311	3	t_owpaths

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	6.346	23422.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	6.779	26359.5