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

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

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
ectotherm	16	4	274	(None)
ectotherms	17	5	249	1	ectotherms
ectoderm	13	8	379	2	ecto_derm
ectothermic	20	5	236	2	ectothermic
endotherm	15	5	439	2	endotherm
ectoderms	14	10	344	3	ecto_derms
ectomere	12	4	575	3	ecto_mere
endotherms	16	7	383	3	endotherms
endothermy	19	6	289	3	endothermy
entoderm	11	7	534	3	ento_derm
eurytherm	17	5	230	3	eurytherm
isotherm	13	4	428	3	_isotherm
octothorp	16	5	168	3	octothorp
tother	9	41	1714	3	__tother_

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	6.720	22119.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.140	25026.8