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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “steroid” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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.

23 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
steroid	8	13	1486	(None)
asteroid	9	5	1119	1	asteroid
steroids	9	9	1144	1	steroids
aneroid	8	3	1400	2	aneroid
asteroids	10	4	874	2	asteroids
ctenoid	10	7	868	2	ctenoid
emeroid	10	15	1118	2	emeroid
hysteroid	16	4	589	2	hysteroid
osteoid	8	4	819	2	oste_oid
scleroid	11	4	721	2	scleroid
sparoid	10	23	1154	2	sparoid
spheroid	14	4	728	2	spheroid
spiroid	10	21	982	2	spiroid
sporoid	10	23	1073	2	sporoid
stereoed	9	3	788	2	stereoed
steric	8	3	1706	2	ster_ic
steroidal	10	4	547	2	steroidal
sterol	6	6	1333	2	stero_l
sterols	7	3	1344	2	sterols
stroud	7	3	1038	2	st_roud
styloid	11	3	755	2	styloid
theroid	11	3	1340	2	theroid
toroid	7	4	1601	2	_toroid

Search took 4 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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	2.970	36252.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.376	52929.8