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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “heteronyms” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

20 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
heteronyms	18	7	423	(None)
heteronym	17	7	429	1	heteronym_
heteronomy	18	5	466	2	heteronomy
retronyms	14	4	419	2	ret_ronyms
ethnonyms	17	5	218	3	_ethnonyms
heteroatoms	16	5	494	3	heteroatoms
heterocyst	18	5	446	3	heterocyst
heterocysts	19	5	373	3	heterocysts
heterodyne	17	11	356	3	heterodyne
heterodynes	18	13	416	3	heterodynes
heterogamy	19	5	374	3	heterogamy
heterolyses	17	5	519	3	heterolyses
heterolysis	17	5	493	3	heterolysis
heteronomies	17	5	538	3	heteronomies
heteronomous	17	6	351	3	heteronomous
heteros	10	3	1268	3	hetero___s
heteroses	12	4	1078	3	hetero_ses
heterosis	12	5	881	3	hetero_sis
metonyms	15	4	532	3	met__onyms
retronym	13	5	468	3	ret_ronym_

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	5.640	24929.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.046	29555.2