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

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

18 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
ideophones	16	4	465	(None)
ideophone	15	4	486	1	ideophone_
videophones	20	5	307	1	videophones
geophones	15	4	745	2	_geophones
videophone	19	5	305	2	videophone_
allophones	15	4	622	3	allophones
depones	10	37	1709	3	_de_p_ones
diaphones	15	4	744	3	_diaphones
geophone	14	4	743	3	_geophone_
homophones	20	4	839	3	homophones
hydrophones	23	5	638	3	hydrophones
ionophores	15	4	664	3	ionophores
isophotes	14	6	646	3	i_sophotes
microphones	20	4	876	3	microphones
radiophones	17	5	489	3	radiophones
saxophones	22	4	443	3	saxophones
videophiles	20	5	270	3	videophiles
xylophones	25	4	450	3	xylophones

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	7.250	19393.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.672	23291.3