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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “multiauthor” 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.
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
multiauthor	16	6	177	(None)
multiatom	13	4	566	3	multia_t_om
multifactor	18	5	323	3	multifact_or
cultivator	15	4	447	4	cultivat_or
multicolor	14	7	418	4	multi_color
multination	13	4	897	4	multination
multipath	16	4	605	4	multipath__
multiplexor	22	7	311	4	multiplexor
multistory	15	5	383	4	multi_st_ory
multiton	10	8	734	4	multi__t_on
multiunion	12	5	359	4	multi_union
multiuser	11	4	498	4	multi_u_ser
mutilator	11	5	672	4	mu_tilat_or

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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	13	8.703	17099.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.139	19552.6