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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “norepinephrines” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

9 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
norepinephrines	22	20	97	(None)
norepinephrine	21	20	102	1	norepinephrine_
epinephrines	19	6	177	3	___epinephrines
epinephrine	18	5	201	4	___epinephrine_
epinephrins	18	5	233	4	___epinephrin_s
epinephrin	17	5	282	5	___epinephrin__
norethindrones	18	7	48	6	norethin__drones
phenylephrines	27	7	133	6	_phenylephrines
refineries	13	4	706	6	__refine__ri_es

Search took 10 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	9	9.063	10484.8
3	Display Results	9	9	0.013	692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	9.436	18937.2