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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “metope” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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.

27 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
metope	10	6	1112	(None)
metopae	11	4	774	1	metopae
metopes	11	3	1136	1	metopes
elope	7	52	1934	2	_elope
etape	7	44	1370	2	_etape
ketone	10	50	1453	2	ketone
ketose	10	57	1181	2	ketose
metage	9	31	1445	2	metage
metate	8	27	2053	2	metate
mete	6	44	3813	2	met__e
metepa	10	6	601	2	metepa
metol	7	59	1781	2	meto_l
metols	8	41	1577	2	metols
metopic	13	3	976	2	metopic
metopon	11	13	707	2	metopon
metre	7	48	2130	2	met_re
mettle	8	38	1572	2	mettle
mope	8	68	3804	2	m__ope
myope	12	40	1097	2	m_yope
netop	7	3	1234	2	netop_
netops	8	3	921	2	netops
retape	8	39	1768	2	retape
retore	6	76	3076	2	retore
retype	11	39	914	2	retype
setose	6	51	1477	2	setose
stope	7	47	2724	2	_stope
tope	6	59	4638	2	__tope

Search took 5 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	82551	0.220	812231.8
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	4.673	17665.5
3	Display Results	27	27	0.013	2076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	4.906	36423.0