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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “elephantiasis” 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
elephantiasis	18	9	108	(None)
elephantiases	18	7	133	1	elephantiases
elephantine	16	5	260	4	elephanti__ne
elephants	14	4	480	4	elephant____s
elephant	13	4	755	5	elephant_____
leishmaniasis	18	7	73	5	leishman_iasis
phantasies	15	4	548	5	___phant_asies
phantasms	16	4	353	5	___phant_asms
phantasts	14	4	395	5	___phant_asts
stephanotises	18	8	134	5	stephanoti_ses
telephonists	17	9	331	5	telephon_i_sts

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	9.123	13678.6
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	9.516	18778.0