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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bacteriostases” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

11 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
bacteriostases	18	17	138	(None)
bacteriostasis	18	15	142	1	bacteriostasis
bacteriostats	17	16	170	2	bacteriosta_ts
bacteriolyses	20	6	182	3	bacterio_lyses
bacteriophages	24	19	163	3	bacteriophages
bacteriostat	16	11	223	3	bacteriosta__t
bacteriostatic	20	8	123	3	bacteriostatic
bacteriologies	19	5	282	4	bacteriologies
bacteriolysis	20	6	180	4	bacterio_lysis
bacteriophage	23	17	170	4	bacteriophage_
bacteriophagies	25	7	135	4	bacteriophagies

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	65874	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	11	4.623	14249.2
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.812	37134.5