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

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

13 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
rhombencephalon	29	10	125	1	rhombencephalon_
rhombencephala	28	8	129	2	rhombencephal__a
rhinencephalon	24	8	173	4	rh_inencephalon_
prosencephalon	23	8	155	5	pro_sencephalon_
rhinencephala	23	9	192	5	rh_inencephal__a
diencephalon	20	7	248	6	___diencephalon_
encephalon	17	5	368	6	_____encephalon_
mesencephalon	22	7	228	6	__mesencephalon_
metencephalon	22	7	240	6	__metencephalon_
myelencephalon	26	8	160	6	_myelencephalon_
prosencephala	22	7	170	6	pro_sencephal__a
rhinencephalic	26	8	199	6	rh_inencephal_ic
telencephalon	20	7	220	6	__telencephalon_

Search took 5 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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	13	4.233	15562.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.579	39024.0