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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “photolithographa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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
photolithograph	25	8	139	1	photolithograph_
photomicrograph	30	8	117	4	photomicrograph_
lithograph	19	6	563	6	_____lithograph_
lithographs	20	6	564	6	_____lithographs
lithography	23	6	537	6	_____lithography
photoautotroph	24	10	163	6	photoaut_otroph_
photoautotrophs	25	10	152	6	photoaut_otrophs
photograph	21	4	1101	6	ph__o__t_ograph_
photographs	22	4	1147	6	ph__o__t_ographs
photography	25	4	1007	6	ph__o__t_ography
phototelegraphy	29	8	169	6	photo_telegraphy
phytogeography	32	6	273	6	phyto__geography

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	65874	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	5.000	13174.8
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.342	33450.2