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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spiculae” 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
spiculae	12	21	860	(None)
spicula	11	25	929	1	spicula_
spicular	12	23	890	1	spicular
spiculate	13	22	1016	1	spiculate
spicule	11	26	993	1	spicul_e
spinulae	10	27	696	1	spinulae
spirulae	10	21	657	1	spirulae
aciculae	12	26	770	2	aciculae
apiculate	13	27	988	2	apiculate
siliculae	11	5	428	2	siliculae
specula	11	18	741	2	specula_
specular	12	21	761	2	specular
speculate	13	23	919	2	speculate
spicae	10	43	1370	2	spic__ae
spicules	12	21	980	2	spicules
spiculum	14	6	421	2	spiculum
spinula	9	25	790	2	spinula_
spinule	9	29	999	2	spinul_e
spirula	9	25	770	2	spirula_
spirulas	10	20	720	2	spirulas

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.640	33258.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.046	44164.9