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

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

17 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
spirulas	10	20	720	(None)
spirula	9	25	770	1	spirula_
spirulae	10	21	657	1	spirulae
spatulas	10	4	547	2	spatulas
spicula	11	25	929	2	spicula_
spiculae	12	21	860	2	spiculae
spicular	12	23	890	2	spicular
spicules	12	21	980	2	spicules
spinula	9	25	790	2	spinula_
spinulae	10	27	696	2	spinulae
spinules	10	24	933	2	spinules
spiraeas	10	28	623	2	spiraeas
spirals	9	32	1251	2	spiral_s
spireas	9	44	1251	2	spir_eas
spirulinas	12	4	205	2	spirulinas
sporular	10	6	522	2	sporular
sporules	10	3	770	2	sporules

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.876	31233.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.262	41926.6