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

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

14 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
cephalosporin	22	10	167	(None)
cephalosporins	23	11	161	1	cephalosporins
cephalometric	24	6	306	4	cephalometric
cephalopod	20	5	219	4	cephalo_po__d
cephalopods	21	6	208	4	cephalo_po_ds
cephalothin	21	6	259	4	cephalo__thin
cephalothorax	30	7	139	4	cephalothorax
cephalexin	24	5	236	5	cephal___exin
cephalin	15	7	798	5	cephal_____in
cephalometries	23	6	301	5	cephalometries
cephalometry	24	8	262	5	cephalometr_y
cephaloridine	21	6	160	5	cephalo_ridine
cephalothins	22	6	235	5	cephalo__thins
cyclosporine	21	6	256	5	c__yclosporine

Search took 10 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	8.906	14011.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	9.296	19222.4