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

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

20 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
cercarians	14	4	478	(None)
cercarian	13	4	623	1	cercarian_
cercarias	13	4	688	1	cercaria_s
cercaria	12	4	696	2	cercaria__
cercariae	13	4	570	2	cercaria_e
cercarial	13	4	603	2	cercaria_l
cesarians	11	4	636	2	ce_sarians
agrarians	10	4	579	3	agr_arians
arcadians	12	4	508	3	_arcadians
barbarians	14	4	503	3	barbarians
caesarians	12	4	494	3	caesarians
ceratins	10	28	1873	3	cer_ati_ns
cesareans	11	4	377	3	ce_sareans
cesarian	10	4	818	3	ce_sarian_
circadian	14	4	369	3	circadian_
cnidarians	13	5	366	3	cnidarians
cybrarians	17	5	253	3	cybrarians
mercaptans	16	5	207	3	mercaptans
mercurials	14	5	307	3	mercurials
sectarians	12	4	583	3	sectarians

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	5.986	23488.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.405	27898.7