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

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

12 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
metallophones	20	6	195	(None)
metallophone	19	6	206	1	metallophone_
mellophones	18	5	395	2	me__llophones
allophones	15	4	622	3	___allophones
mellophone	17	5	397	3	me__llophone_
allophanes	15	4	583	4	___allophanes
allophone	14	4	631	4	___allophone_
cellophanes	18	5	366	4	ce__llophanes
cellphones	17	4	417	4	ce__ll_phones
megaphones	18	4	468	4	mega___phones
melanophores	19	5	352	4	mela_nophores
metamorphoses	22	6	247	4	metamorphoses

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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	7.173	13247.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.545	23683.4