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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hypothalamic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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15 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
hypothalamic	27	8	317	(None)
hypothalami	24	9	306	1	hypothalami_
hypothalamus	25	6	208	2	hypothalamus
epithalamic	20	6	255	3	_epithalamic
hypokalemic	27	13	289	3	hypo_kalemic
hypothermic	26	5	509	3	hypoth_ermic
epithalamia	18	6	247	4	_epithalamia
homothallic	21	6	254	4	homothal_lic
hypocalcemic	25	10	247	4	hypo_calcemic
hypokalemia	25	13	322	4	hypo_kalemia
hypotactic	22	7	545	4	hypot_a_ctic
hypothermia	24	5	523	4	hypoth_ermia
ophthalmic	22	12	301	4	_ophthal_mic
prothalamia	18	6	268	4	_prothalamia
thalamic	15	4	555	4	____thalamic

Search took 7 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	15	6.326	19726.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.718	26598.8