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

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

10 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
polyethylene	23	6	150	(None)
polyethylenes	24	6	138	1	polyethylenes
polystyrene	19	6	211	3	polyst_yrene
polythene	17	6	504	3	poly_th__ene
ethylene	14	4	422	4	____ethylene
methylene	17	5	476	4	___methylene
polypropylene	22	7	101	4	polypropylene
polystyrenes	20	7	209	4	polyst_yrenes
polytene	13	6	760	4	poly_t___ene
polythenes	18	6	546	4	poly_th__enes

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	10	7.670	16269.9
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	8.076	22126.2