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

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

10 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
ethephons	17	4	337	(None)
ethephon	16	4	347	1	ethephon_
echelons	13	8	554	3	eche_lons
ethions	10	3	848	3	eth__ions
stepsons	10	4	566	3	st_epsons
telephone	14	4	564	3	telephone
telephones	15	4	569	3	telephones
telephony	17	4	386	3	telephony
telethons	12	4	602	3	telethons
typhons	15	3	708	3	_t_yphons

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	10	7.046	21095.8
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	7.469	23924.4