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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “megaspores” 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
megaspores	15	4	353	(None)
megaspore	14	4	344	1	megaspore_
megapodes	15	4	423	2	mega_podes
megasporic	17	5	259	2	megasporic
diaspores	12	6	654	3	_diaspores
exospores	18	4	548	3	_exospores
measures	10	3	891	3	me_as_ures
megadoses	13	4	466	3	mega_doses
megalopses	15	4	355	3	megalopses
megaphones	18	4	468	3	megaphones
megapode	14	4	430	3	mega_pode_
megapods	14	4	490	3	mega_po_ds
megasses	11	30	774	3	megas__ses
megastars	12	4	365	3	megastar_s
megatheres	16	4	485	3	megatheres
seashores	12	4	796	3	se_ashores
tetraspores	13	5	356	3	tetraspores
zygospores	25	6	228	3	zygospores

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	5.860	23993.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.296	28381.7