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

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

17 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
multifactorial	21	9	147	(None)
multifactor	18	5	323	3	multifactor___
multilateral	14	6	343	4	multila_ter_al
multiracial	15	5	450	4	multirac___ial
antibacterial	17	6	314	5	_antibacterial
factorial	14	4	702	5	_____factorial
multiaxial	19	5	422	5	multi_a___xial
multicultural	17	6	340	5	multicultur_al
multifocal	17	5	366	5	multif___o_cal
multifoil	14	4	476	5	multif___o_i_l
multifunctional	22	7	149	5	multifunctional
multinational	15	5	375	5	multina_tional
multinomial	15	5	315	5	multi___nomial
multispectral	19	7	130	5	multispect_r_al
multistoried	15	5	286	5	multi__storied
saltatorial	11	5	325	5	salt__a_torial
tinctorial	12	5	439	5	___ti_nctorial

Search took 7 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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	17	6.736	14106.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.875	25991.4