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

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

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
spermatophyte	25	11	239	(None)
spermatophytes	26	11	232	1	spermatophytes
dermatophyte	23	6	247	2	_dermatophyte
spermatocyte	21	6	244	2	spermato_cyte
spermatophore	22	15	238	2	spermatophore
spermatophytic	28	7	206	2	spermatophytic
dermatophytes	24	6	238	3	_dermatophytes
phreatophyte	25	6	216	3	_phreatophyte
spermatocytes	22	6	230	3	spermato_cytes
spermatophores	23	15	232	3	spermatophores
phreatophytes	26	6	207	4	_phreatophytes
spermophile	20	5	337	4	sperm__ophile
sporophyte	20	5	485	4	spor___ophyte

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	5.593	16989.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.969	29936.5