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

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

14 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
metamorphoses	22	6	247	(None)
metamorphose	21	8	273	1	metamorphose_
metamorphosed	23	7	179	1	metamorphosed
metamorphosis	22	6	256	1	metamorphosis
metamorphisms	21	11	322	2	metamorphisms
metamorphism	20	8	413	3	metamorphis_m
metamorphosing	24	7	130	3	metamorphosing
melanophores	19	5	352	4	melano_phores
mesomorphies	21	5	390	4	mesomorph_ies
metallophones	20	6	195	4	metallophones
metamorphic	22	5	502	4	metamorph__ic
metaphases	17	4	506	4	meta___phases
morphoses	16	4	812	4	____morphoses
paedomorphoses	24	8	217	4	paedomorphoses

Search took 5 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	4.606	20630.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.982	35867.3