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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “heliotropes” 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
heliotropes	16	5	404	(None)
heliotrope	15	5	377	1	heliotrope_
heliotropic	18	5	464	2	heliotropic
heliotropism	19	7	346	2	heliotropism
heliotypes	18	4	357	2	heliot_ypes
hemitropes	17	5	448	2	hemi_tropes
allotropes	12	5	559	3	_allotropes
heliographs	20	4	712	3	heliographs
heliotropisms	20	7	259	3	heliotropisms
heliotype	17	4	359	3	heliot_ype_
heliotyped	19	5	255	3	heliot_yped
heliotypies	19	5	246	3	heliotypies
helistops	14	4	406	3	helist_op_s
helotries	12	6	956	3	hel_otr_ies
hemitrope	16	5	428	3	hemi_trope_
pleiotropies	16	5	372	3	pleiotropies

Search took 6 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	121633	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	5.093	23882.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.515	32400.9