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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “metencephalic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

10 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
metencephalic	24	7	282	(None)
mesencephalic	24	7	260	1	mesencephalic
metencephala	21	7	244	2	metencephal_a
metencephalon	22	7	241	2	metencephalon
myelencephalic	28	8	204	2	myelencephalic
telencephalic	22	7	274	2	telencephalic
anencephalic	21	6	304	3	_anencephalic
diencephalic	22	6	282	3	_diencephalic
mesencephala	21	7	241	3	mesencephal_a
mesencephalon	22	7	229	3	mesencephalon

Search took 4 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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	10	3.220	20457.8
3	Display Results	10	10	0.013	769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.546	50392.3