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

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

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.

13 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
orthopteroids	19	6	207	(None)
orthopteroid	18	6	255	1	orthopteroid_
orthopterans	17	9	339	3	orthopter_ans
orthopterist	17	6	402	3	orthopter_ist
orthopterists	18	6	268	3	orthopterists
orthopters	15	10	550	3	orthopter___s
corticosteroids	20	9	129	4	corticosteroids
ketosteroids	17	6	175	4	ket_osteroids
orthopaedics	20	8	207	4	orthopae_dics
orthopedics	19	6	252	4	orthop_e_dics
orthopter	14	8	572	4	orthopter____
orthoptera	15	8	432	4	orthopter___a
orthopteran	16	10	376	4	orthopter__an

Search took 6 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	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	5.300	17929.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.669	31520.7