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

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

20 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
photoplay	19	5	475	(None)
photoplays	20	5	472	1	photoplays
photopia	15	4	973	2	photopia_
photopias	16	4	1014	2	photopias
homoplasy	19	4	490	3	_homoplasy
hoopla	11	4	763	3	_ho_opla_
hooplas	12	3	921	3	_ho_oplas
photocopy	21	5	564	3	photocopy
photoflash	21	5	353	3	photoflash
photogram	17	4	823	3	photogram
photomap	17	4	552	3	photo_map
photophase	20	5	743	3	photophase
photopic	17	4	1109	3	photop_ic
photoscan	16	5	505	3	photoscan
photostat	14	4	799	3	photostat
phototaxy	24	5	415	3	phototaxy
protoplasm	16	6	532	3	protoplasm
protoplast	14	6	778	3	protoplast
whoopla	15	4	263	3	who_opla_
whooplas	16	4	401	3	who_oplas

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	7.313	20325.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.749	23059.9