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

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

13 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
cathedrals	16	11	309	(None)
cathedral	15	10	438	1	cathedral_
cathedras	15	10	482	1	cathedra_s
cathedra	14	10	477	2	cathedra__
cathedrae	15	10	423	2	cathedra_e
caterans	10	3	1322	3	cat_e_rans
catheads	14	3	812	3	cathe__ads
cathodal	14	15	541	3	cathod_al_
dihedrals	14	4	347	3	_dihedrals
laterals	8	3	1275	3	lat_e_rals
octahedral	16	5	240	3	octahedral_
procathedrals	21	6	109	3	~~pro~~cathedrals
trihedrals	14	6	290	3	trihedrals

Search took 7 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.423	21890.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.843	26113.0