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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cephalothorax” 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
cephalothorax	30	7	139	(None)
cephalothoraxes	32	13	131	2	cephalothoraxes
cephalothoraces	27	13	146	3	cephalothoraces
cephalosporin	22	10	167	4	cephalosporin
cephalothin	21	6	259	4	cephaloth__in
cephalothins	22	6	235	4	cephaloth_ins
cephalometric	24	6	306	5	cephalometric
cephalometry	24	8	262	5	cephalometr_y
cephalopod	20	5	219	5	cephalo_po__d
cephalopods	21	6	208	5	cephalo_po_ds
cephalosporins	23	11	161	5	cephalosporins
mesothorax	22	5	254	5	me___sothorax
metathorax	22	5	308	5	me_ta__thorax
prothorax	21	4	522	5	__p__rothorax

Search took 10 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	9.330	13375.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	9.483	18843.3