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

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

16 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
microflora	17	5	454	(None)
microflorae	18	5	428	1	microflorae
microfloral	18	5	384	1	microfloral
microfloras	18	5	463	1	microfloras
microform	18	4	650	2	microf_orm
mycoflora	19	5	183	2	myc_oflora
microfarad	18	5	418	3	microf_arad
microfauna	17	5	375	3	microfauna
microfilaria	19	14	348	3	microfilaria
microforms	19	4	639	3	microf_orms
microloan	13	4	618	3	micro_loan
micromolar	16	5	488	3	micromolar
micropore	15	7	931	3	micro_pore
microspore	16	4	686	3	microspore
mycoflorae	20	5	166	3	myc_oflorae
mycofloras	20	5	190	3	myc_ofloras

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	140603	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.686	21029.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.155	24974.3