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

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

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
photomask	20	5	412	(None)
photomasks	21	5	374	1	photomasks
photomap	17	4	552	2	photoma_p
photomaps	18	4	560	2	photomaps
photoflash	21	5	353	3	photoflash
photogs	13	35	820	3	photo_gs_
photons	12	38	1442	3	photo_ns_
photophase	20	5	743	3	photophase
photopias	16	4	1013	3	photopias_
photos	11	33	1663	3	photo__s_
phototaxy	24	5	415	3	phototaxy
prosomas	12	4	972	3	prosomas_
scotomas	12	5	626	3	scotomas_

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	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	7.500	19818.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.670	23297.4