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

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

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.

20 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
polymaths	19	6	520	(None)
polymath	18	7	596	1	polymath_
polymathy	22	7	343	1	polymathy
polymathic	22	5	410	2	polymathic
polymathies	21	5	388	2	polymathies
goliaths	12	4	422	3	gol_iaths
playmates	16	4	660	3	playmates
polecats	12	4	883	3	polecat_s
polyantha	17	15	321	3	polyantha
polyanthas	18	18	317	3	polyanthas
polyanthi	17	12	361	3	polyanthi
polyanthus	18	15	306	3	polyanthus
polycots	15	4	776	3	polycot_s
polygalas	15	4	395	3	polygalas
polygraphs	21	4	530	3	polygraphs
polymers	15	3	833	3	polym_ers
polymorphs	22	5	443	3	polymorphs
polyomas	15	4	699	3	polyoma__s
polywater	17	7	478	3	polywater
polywaters	18	7	432	3	polywaters

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	6.610	22487.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.046	25360.6