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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “prosencephalon” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

11 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
prosencephalon	23	8	156	(None)
prosencephala	22	7	171	2	prosencephal_a
prosencephalic	25	7	190	2	prosencephalic
mesencephalon	22	7	229	3	_mesencephalon
diencephalon	20	7	249	4	__diencephalon
encephalon	17	5	369	4	____encephalon
metencephalon	22	7	241	4	_metencephalon
myelencephalon	26	8	161	4	myelencephalon
rhinencephalon	24	8	174	4	rhinencephalon
rhombencephalon	29	10	126	4	rhombencephalon
telencephalon	20	7	221	4	_telencephalon

Search took 6 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	65874	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	11	4.703	14006.8
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	5.049	35391.4