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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ectozoon” 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
ectozoon	19	4	249	(None)
ectozoan	19	4	339	1	ectozoan
entozoon	17	4	337	1	entozoon
ectozoa	18	4	314	2	ectoz_oa
ectozoans	20	4	294	2	ectozoans
entozoan	17	4	406	2	entozoan
octoroon	10	4	468	2	octoroon
cocoon	10	3	1226	3	_c_ocoon
eclosion	10	4	689	3	eclosion
eftsoon	10	4	325	3	eft_soon
entozoa	16	4	423	3	entoz_oa
entozoal	17	4	420	3	entozoal
entozoans	18	4	339	3	entozoans
entozoic	19	4	457	3	entozoic
epizoon	18	4	381	3	e_pizoon
hematozoon	24	5	205	3	hematozoon
matzoon	18	9	647	3	mat_zoon
metazoon	19	4	405	3	metazoon
octoroons	11	4	342	3	octoroons
protozoon	20	5	441	3	protozoon

Search took 9 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	0.843	211970.3
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	20	7.843	18636.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.702	20534.5