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

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

18 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
operon	8	8	1177	(None)
operons	9	14	1174	1	operons
apron	7	3	1883	2	ap_ron
heron	8	50	2550	2	_heron
hyperon	15	4	818	2	hyperon
odeon	6	4	1148	2	ode_on
open	6	64	2700	2	ope__n
opera	7	3	1357	2	oper_a
operand	10	3	800	2	operand
operant	9	3	1722	2	operant
operas	8	3	1245	2	operas
operose	9	3	943	2	operose
option	8	36	1271	2	option
pelon	7	44	2321	2	_pelon
peon	6	56	3524	2	_pe_on
pereon	8	35	1745	2	_pereon
perron	8	32	1662	2	_perron
person	8	35	1787	2	_person

Search took 6 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	4.423	18664.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.783	37359.6