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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “encephalopathy” 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.
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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
encephalopathy	29	11	167	(None)
encephalopathic	29	8	141	2	encephalopathic
encephalography	31	13	223	3	encephalography
encephalograph	27	14	252	4	encephalograph_
encephalographs	28	14	221	4	encephalographs
nephropathy	24	6	213	4	_n_eph_ropathy
cephalometry	24	8	262	5	__cephalometry
encephala	16	5	389	5	encephal__a___
encephalitic	21	6	338	5	encephal__itic
encephalitis	19	6	362	5	encephal__itis
encephalogram	23	7	229	5	encephalo_gram
encephalograms	24	7	193	5	encephalograms
encephalon	17	5	369	5	encephalo____n
enteropathy	19	5	331	5	ente___ropathy

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	95024	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	6.720	14140.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.093	25192.6