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

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

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
photoperiodism	24	7	258	(None)
photoperiodisms	25	8	193	1	photoperiodisms
photoperiodic	23	6	290	2	photoperiodi_c
photoperiods	20	10	350	2	photoperiod_s_
photoperiod	19	9	450	3	photoperiod___
photochromism	27	6	366	4	photochr_omism
phototropism	21	5	632	4	photo_tr_opism
thermoperiodism	25	8	133	4	thermoperiodism
photochromisms	28	7	292	5	photochr_omisms
photodiodes	18	5	385	5	photo__diodes_
photogeologist	21	13	467	5	photogeologist
photoproduct	22	6	281	5	photop_r_oduct
phototropisms	22	6	468	5	photo_tr_opisms

Search took 7 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	13	6.170	15401.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.546	27297.7