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

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

12 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
epifaunas	14	8	195	(None)
epifauna	13	7	227	1	epifauna_
epifaunae	14	8	153	1	epifaunae
epifaunal	14	8	198	1	epifaunal
avifaunas	15	5	161	2	avifaunas
avifauna	14	5	171	3	avifauna_
avifaunae	15	5	122	3	avifaunae
avifaunal	15	5	149	3	avifaunal
faunas	9	40	1363	3	___faunas
infaunas	11	4	387	3	_infaunas
megafaunas	16	5	173	3	megafaunas
piranas	9	9	1260	3	_pira_nas

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	148641	0.450	397091.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.236	20541.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.686	23248.9