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

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

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
cryptograms	21	5	371	(None)
cryptogams	20	5	269	1	cryptog_ams
cryptogram	20	5	396	1	cryptogram_
cryptogam	19	5	306	2	cryptog_am_
cryptograph	24	5	464	2	cryptograph
cryptographs	25	5	457	2	cryptographs
cartograms	15	4	511	3	c_artograms
cryptogamic	23	6	246	3	cryptog_amic
cryptogamous	22	6	208	3	cryptog_amous
cryptography	28	5	456	3	cryptography
cryptonyms	22	5	209	3	crypto_nyms
preprograms	18	6	411	3	preprograms
reprograms	15	5	622	3	_reprograms

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	13	4.860	25027.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.250	34036.4