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

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

11 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
microcephalics	24	8	296	(None)
microcephalic	23	6	364	1	microcephalic_
microcephalies	25	7	342	1	microcephalies
hydrocephalics	30	7	255	3	hydrocephalics
microcephaly	26	10	342	3	microcephal__y
hydrocephalic	29	6	310	4	hydrocephalic_
hydrocephalies	28	7	288	4	hydrocephalies
microphonics	23	5	537	4	micro__phonics
microphysics	26	5	421	4	micro__physics
microtechnics	21	8	267	4	microtech_nics
procephalic	22	5	385	4	__procephalic_

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	11	3.516	18735.5
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.875	46113.8