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

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

23 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
diopter	10	3	847	(None)
diopters	11	3	769	1	diopters
dioptre	10	5	576	1	dioptre
adopter	10	3	676	2	adopter
copter	10	98	2201	2	_copter
diaper	9	45	1311	2	diap_er
diaster	8	28	1331	2	diaster
diester	8	30	1368	2	diester
dieter	7	35	1677	2	di_eter
dilater	8	35	1565	2	dilater
diluter	8	31	966	2	diluter
dimeter	10	4	1189	2	dimeter
dioptres	11	4	611	2	dioptres
dipper	11	40	1779	2	di_pper
dippier	12	31	1139	2	dippier
diptera	10	3	721	2	di_ptera
disputer	11	3	797	2	disputer
doper	8	61	2839	2	d_op_er
dopier	9	35	1592	2	d_opier
doter	6	54	2862	2	d_o_ter
dotter	7	44	1934	2	d_otter
dropper	12	32	987	2	dropper
rioter	6	48	1728	2	rio_ter

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.233	33303.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.625	49294.1