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

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

14 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
polyanthuses	20	6	190	(None)
polyanthus	18	15	306	2	polyanthu__s
ailanthuses	14	5	184	3	ail_anthuses
polyanthas	18	18	317	3	polyanth__as
acanthuses	15	5	264	4	__acanthuses
agapanthuses	18	6	77	4	agapanthuses
amianthuses	16	5	135	4	_amianthuses
dianthuses	14	4	275	4	__dianthuses
polyandries	17	5	381	4	polyan_dries
polyantha	17	15	321	4	polyanth___a
polyanthi	17	12	361	4	polyanth___i
polymathies	21	5	388	4	polymath_ies
polypuses	16	4	560	4	poly___puses
polythenes	18	6	545	4	poly__thenes

Search took 10 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	0.190	940478.9
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	8.906	14011.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	9.109	19617.0