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

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

24 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
heptagon	14	4	357	(None)
heptagons	15	4	345	1	heptagons
heptagonal	16	5	183	2	heptagonal
hexagon	18	4	382	2	he_xagon
pentagon	11	4	632	2	pentagon
decagon	11	3	586	3	de_cagon
epigon	9	3	796	3	_ep_igon
estragon	9	4	479	3	_estragon
etalon	6	4	897	3	_e_talon
hemagog	14	4	407	3	he_magog
heparin	12	4	1043	3	hep_arin
heptad	12	3	727	3	hepta__d
heptads	13	3	587	3	hepta_ds
heptane	12	3	836	3	hepta_ne
heptanes	13	3	900	3	heptanes
heptarch	18	4	356	3	heptarch
hexagons	19	4	394	3	he_xagons
lepton	8	25	1080	3	lept__on
martagon	11	4	527	3	martagon
octagon	10	4	524	3	_octagon
pentagons	12	4	615	3	pentagons
septage	10	7	840	3	septag_e
septages	11	6	826	3	septages
tetragon	9	4	527	3	tetragon

Search took 10 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	24	8.846	16522.9
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	9.279	19257.6