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

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

16 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
ephemerid	17	5	431	(None)
ephemerids	18	5	281	1	ephemerids
ephemeris	16	5	463	1	ephemeris
ephemera	15	5	421	2	ephemer_a
ephemerae	16	5	327	2	ephemerae
ephemeral	16	5	388	2	ephemeral
ephemeras	16	5	357	2	ephemeras
ephemerides	19	6	229	2	ephemerides
ephemeron	16	6	301	2	ephemeron
echeveria	17	5	231	3	echeveria
ephedrin	14	4	470	3	ephe_drin
ephemerals	17	5	256	3	ephemerals
ephemerons	17	6	263	3	ephemerons
epimeric	14	7	676	3	ep_imeric
euhemerism	17	5	287	3	euhemerism
euhemerist	15	5	345	3	euhemerist

Search took 9 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	7.673	19372.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	8.122	22000.9