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

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

15 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
photophases	21	5	794	(None)
photophase	20	5	743	1	photophase_
photophores	21	5	910	2	photophores
phosphates	20	8	716	3	pho_sphates
photoflashes	23	5	307	3	photoflashes
photolyses	18	4	665	3	photo_lyses
photomasks	21	5	374	3	photo_masks
photophore	20	5	863	3	photophore_
photopias	16	4	1014	3	photopia__s
photoplays	20	5	472	3	photopla_ys
photospheres	22	5	580	3	photospheres
phototaxes	22	4	666	3	photo_taxes
prophases	16	4	1106	3	p__rophases
protoplasms	17	6	487	3	protoplasms
protoplasts	15	6	605	3	protoplasts

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	5.406	22499.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.809	30761.1