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

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

16 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
spheroidal	16	5	256	(None)
sphenoidal	16	5	245	1	sphenoidal
spherical	16	4	580	2	spher_ical
spheroid	14	4	728	2	spheroid__
spheroidally	21	7	188	2	spheroidally
spheroids	15	4	554	2	spheroid_s
steroidal	10	4	547	2	s_teroidal
aspherical	17	5	445	3	aspher_ical
asteroidal	11	5	412	3	asteroidal
choroidal	15	4	467	3	_choroidal
heroical	13	4	1002	3	__heroical
solenoidal	11	5	219	3	solenoidal
sphenoid	14	4	632	3	sphenoid__
sphenoids	15	4	467	3	sphenoid_s
spheral	12	3	842	3	spher___al
thyroidal	16	4	328	3	_thyroidal

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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	5.750	24452.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.202	28811.8