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

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

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
oothecae	13	4	371	(None)
ootheca	12	4	400	1	ootheca_
oothecal	13	4	391	1	oothecal
thecae	11	29	965	2	__thecae
apothece	15	4	377	3	apothec_e
hothead	14	34	929	3	hothe_ad
notecase	10	4	482	3	not_ecase
outhear	10	9	1060	3	outhe_ar
pothead	13	38	1039	3	pothe_ad
theca	10	33	1145	3	__theca_
thecal	11	33	1030	3	__thecal
thecate	12	32	1002	3	__thecate
toothache	17	5	242	3	toothache

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	146162	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	13	9.140	15991.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.546	18718.9