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

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

12 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
pogonophorans	21	9	137	(None)
pogonophoran	20	7	178	1	pogonophoran_
ctenophorans	19	6	174	4	_ctenophorans
gonophores	16	4	632	4	__gonophor_es
ctenophoran	18	6	212	5	_ctenophoran_
gonophore	15	4	621	5	__gonophor__e
gonopores	12	4	652	5	__gonop_or_es
gynophores	19	5	454	5	__gynophor_es
ionophores	15	4	664	5	__ionophor_es
onychophorans	26	7	111	5	onychophorans
photophores	21	5	910	5	p_hotophor_es
pronghorns	16	5	290	5	p_ron_ghor_ns

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	8.546	14602.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.936	19996.8