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

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

17 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
exhedrae	19	4	334	(None)
exedrae	15	4	471	1	ex_edrae
exhedra	18	4	330	1	exhedra_
ephedra	13	4	421	2	ephedra_
ephedras	14	4	441	2	ephedras
exedra	14	3	450	2	ex_edra_
cathedrae	15	10	423	3	cathedrae
dihedral	13	4	443	3	dihedral
echidnae	14	4	290	3	echidnae
ephedrin	14	4	470	3	ephedrin
ephedrine	15	4	438	3	ephedrine
ephemerae	16	5	327	3	ephemerae
execrate	17	3	965	3	ex_ecrate
expedite	18	4	726	3	expedite
externe	14	3	857	3	exte_rne
hexahedra	23	5	263	3	hexahedra_
hydrae	13	25	857	3	__hydrae

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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	17	7.000	20880.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.469	23924.4