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

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

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
microbe	13	3	866	(None)
microbes	14	3	940	1	microbes
disrobe	10	3	899	2	disrobe
micro	9	47	1599	2	micro__
microbar	14	4	589	2	microbar
microbeam	17	4	521	2	microbeam
microbic	16	4	721	2	microbic
microbrew	18	4	434	2	microbrew
microbus	14	5	603	2	microbus
microhm	16	4	612	2	microhm
micron	10	37	1428	2	micro_n
microns	11	38	1478	2	microns
micros	10	41	1536	2	micro_s

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	107671	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	3.596	29941.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.045	44175.8