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

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

12 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
phosphatase	21	5	312	(None)
phosphatases	22	6	293	1	phosphatases
phosphate	19	7	727	2	phosphat__e
phosphates	20	8	716	2	phosphates_
phosphatide	22	6	447	2	phosphatide
phosphatize	30	5	449	2	phosphatize
phosphatic	22	5	673	3	phosphat_ic
phosphatides	23	5	377	3	phosphatides
phosphatized	32	6	356	3	phosphatized
phosphatizes	31	5	409	3	phosphatizes
phosphite	19	9	712	3	phosphit__e
phosphites	20	8	704	3	phosphites_

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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	4.780	25446.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.189	34436.5