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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “colloids” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
colloids	11	3	1017	(None)
colloid	10	3	1288	1	colloid_
cheloids	14	3	803	2	cheloids
coccoids	12	17	680	2	coccoids
collards	11	33	1019	2	collards
collide	10	32	1479	2	coll_ide
collides	11	32	1447	2	coll_ides
collies	9	43	2658	2	coll_ies
collins	9	34	1983	2	coll_ins
colloidal	12	4	491	2	colloidal
collops	11	26	1175	2	collo_ps
conoids	10	8	1388	2	co_noids
couloirs	10	4	599	2	couloirs
cycloids	16	4	704	2	cycloids

Search took 6 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	4.720	25648.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.126	34859.7