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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “encephalitic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
encephalitic	21	6	337	(None)
encephalitis	19	6	361	1	encephalitis
encephalitides	22	6	210	3	encephalitides
acephalic	18	4	493	4	_acephal__ic
anencephalic	21	6	303	4	anencephal__ic
cephalic	17	7	790	4	__cephal__ic
diencephalic	22	6	281	4	diencephal__ic
encephala	16	5	388	4	encephal___a
encephalitogen	22	14	160	4	encephalitogen
encephalon	17	5	368	4	encephal__on
encephalopathic	29	8	141	4	encephalopathic
enclitic	12	4	751	4	enc____litic
enkephalin	19	7	300	4	enkephal__in
enkephalins	20	11	274	4	enkephali_ns
nephelinic	17	5	264	4	_n_ephelinic
nephritic	16	4	590	4	_n_eph_ritic

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	7.093	17593.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.499	23828.6