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

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

16 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
ecdysons	14	4	211	(None)
ecdyson	13	4	221	1	ecdyson_
ecdysone	14	4	181	1	ecdysone
ecdysones	15	4	169	1	ecdysones
ecdyses	13	3	341	2	ecdys_es
ecdysis	13	4	322	2	ecdys_is
cytons	11	17	1018	3	_c_ytons
ecdysial	14	4	263	3	ecdysial
ecdysiast	15	5	180	3	ecdysiast
echelons	13	8	554	3	echelons
eclosions	11	4	620	3	eclosions
eidolons	9	4	498	3	eidolons
etymons	12	4	415	3	e_tymons
eudemons	11	6	486	3	eudemons
godsons	9	6	666	3	god_sons
hysons	12	3	763	3	__hysons

Search took 8 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	146162	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	16	7.283	20068.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.686	23248.9