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

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

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
sporozoa	19	10	325	(None)
sporozoal	20	11	320	1	sporozoal
sporozoan	20	14	336	1	sporozoan
sporozoans	21	12	276	2	sporozoans
sporozoic	22	6	275	2	sporozoic
sporozoon	20	11	258	2	sporozoon
protozoa	19	4	542	3	protozoa
spodosol	11	4	222	3	spodosol
sporogonia	13	5	280	3	sporogonia
sporogony	15	4	280	3	sporogony
sporoid	10	23	1073	3	sporo_id
sporozoite	21	5	254	3	sporozoite

Search took 9 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	146162	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	12	8.216	17789.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.622	20725.0