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

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

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
heterosporous	18	6	236	(None)
heterospories	18	6	374	2	heterospories
heterologous	16	5	353	3	hetero_logous
heteronomous	17	6	351	3	hetero_nomous
heteropterous	18	6	310	3	heteropterous
heterospory	19	5	351	3	heterospor__y
heterocystous	21	9	236	4	heterocystous
heteroecious	17	6	339	4	hetero_ecious
heterogamous	18	6	380	4	hetero_gamous
heterogeneous	17	6	332	4	heterogeneous
heterogenous	16	5	428	4	hetero_genous
heterozygous	28	6	279	4	hetero_zygous
homosporous	18	5	220	4	h__omosporous
microsporous	18	5	361	4	_microsporous

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	95024	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	5.783	16431.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.172	28951.9