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

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

14 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
plecopterans	18	6	231	(None)
plecopteran	17	6	270	1	plecopteran_
coleopterans	16	6	248	3	cole_opterans
chiropterans	19	6	285	4	chiropterans
coleopteran	15	5	271	4	cole_opteran_
hemipterans	18	5	286	4	_hemipterans
homopterans	18	5	313	4	_homopterans
hymenopterans	23	18	182	4	hymenopterans
lecterns	10	3	594	4	_lec__ter_ns
lepidopterans	18	7	155	4	_lepidopterans
neuropterans	14	6	285	4	neuropterans
orthopterans	17	9	339	4	orthopterans
plectrons	13	25	807	4	plec__t_rons
trichopterans	20	6	230	4	trichopterans

Search took 7 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	6.516	19151.3
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.922	25814.9