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

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

14 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
octahedra	15	6	249	(None)
octahedral	16	5	240	1	octahedral
cathedra	14	10	477	2	_cathedra
octahedron	16	5	248	2	octahedron
cathedrae	15	10	423	3	_cathedrae
cathedral	15	10	438	3	_cathedral
cathedras	15	10	482	3	_cathedras
decahedra	16	4	274	3	decahedra
hexahedra	23	5	263	3	hexahedra
icosahedra	16	5	143	3	icosahedra
octahedrally	21	6	128	3	octahedra~~lly~~
octahedrons	17	5	220	3	octahedrons
pentahedra	16	5	253	3	pentahedra
tetrahedra	14	5	299	3	tetrahedra

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	6.716	22132.4
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.155	24974.3