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

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

18 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
photoplays	20	5	471	(None)
photoplay	19	5	475	1	photoplay_
photopias	16	4	1012	2	photopia_s
homoplasy	19	4	487	3	_homoplasy
hooplas	12	3	919	3	_ho_opla_s
photoflash	21	5	353	3	photoflash
photograms	18	4	819	3	photograms
photomaps	18	4	560	3	photo_maps
photophase	20	5	741	3	photophase
photophases	21	5	791	3	photophases
photopia	15	4	970	3	photopia__
photoscans	17	5	544	3	photoscans
photostats	15	4	705	3	photostats
protoplasm	16	6	531	3	protoplasm
protoplasms	17	6	485	3	protoplasms
protoplast	14	6	776	3	protoplast
protoplasts	15	6	601	3	protoplasts
whooplas	16	4	400	3	who_opla_s

Search took 9 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	140603	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	8.330	16879.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.516	20983.0