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

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

13 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
metagalactic	19	6	151	(None)
extragalactic	25	7	168	3	extragalactic
intragalactic	18	7	126	3	intragalactic
metaplastic	17	5	439	3	meta_plastic
agalactia	12	5	343	4	___agalactia
galactic	13	10	653	4	____galactic
intergalactic	18	6	234	4	intergalactic
malolactic	16	5	370	4	m__alolactic
metagalaxies	22	6	129	4	metagalaxies
metagalaxy	23	5	91	4	metagala__xy
metagenetic	16	5	429	4	metag_enetic
metasomatic	17	5	395	4	metasoma_tic
metastatic	14	5	522	4	meta_sta_tic

Search took 9 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	0.813	219792.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	7.250	17212.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.079	22118.0