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

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

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
amebae	10	4	963	(None)
ameba	9	3	1237	1	ameba_
ameban	10	3	909	1	ameban
amebas	10	3	1145	1	amebas
amoebae	11	4	553	1	amoebae
ambage	11	5	1059	2	am_bage
amble	9	59	2463	2	am_ble
amebean	11	4	485	2	amebean
amebic	12	3	910	2	amebic
amerce	10	3	1051	2	amerce
amesace	11	4	773	2	amesace
amoeba	10	3	559	2	amoeba_
amoeban	11	4	491	2	amoeban
amoebas	11	3	596	2	amoebas
areae	5	52	2974	2	are_ae
camerae	11	3	1204	2	camerae
glebae	9	40	761	2	glebae

Search took 3 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	82551	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	2.640	31269.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.779	64300.5