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

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

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
spermatogonial	19	16	193	(None)
spermatogonia	18	18	263	1	spermatogonia_
spermatogonium	21	7	180	2	spermatogonium
spermagonia	16	5	311	3	sperma__gonia_
spermatogenic	20	6	274	3	spermatogeni_c
spermatozoal	25	6	192	3	spermatozo__al
spermagonium	19	6	217	4	sperma__gonium
spermatial	14	4	567	4	spermat____ial
spermatozoa	24	6	208	4	spermatozo__a_
spermatozoan	25	6	203	4	spermatozo__an
spermatozoid	26	6	249	4	spermatozo_i_d
spermatozoids	27	6	192	4	spermatozo_ids

Search took 4 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	3.503	18805.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.842	46509.9