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

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

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
parotids	11	26	1041	(None)
carotids	11	22	993	1	carotids
parotid	10	29	1550	1	parotid_
parotoids	12	5	695	1	parotoids
aroids	7	51	1822	2	_aro_ids
carotid	10	20	1481	2	carotid_
carotins	10	23	1558	2	carotins
paretics	12	23	1244	2	paretics
parities	10	5	2297	2	parities
parodies	11	3	1369	2	parodies
parotic	11	25	1803	2	paroti_c
parotitis	11	4	917	2	parotitis
parotoid	11	4	1002	2	parotoid_
parties	9	32	3086	2	par_ties
peroxids	18	3	744	2	peroxids
proteids	11	25	994	2	p_roteids
sparoids	11	21	871	2	sparo_ids

Search took 5 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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	4.156	29128.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.312	41440.4