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

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

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.

22 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
pteropod	13	4	466	(None)
pteropods	14	4	465	1	pteropods
pereopod	13	4	493	2	p_ereopod
pleopod	12	4	482	2	ple_opod
theropod	14	4	543	2	theropod
arthropod	15	5	435	3	arthropod
chenopod	16	4	394	3	chenopod
pereiopod	14	5	273	3	pereiopod
pereopods	14	4	423	3	p_ereopods
period	9	3	1498	3	p_er_iod
pernod	9	3	1045	3	p_er_nod
peroxid	17	3	1028	3	p_eroxid
pleopods	13	4	444	3	ple_opods
protopod	13	4	735	3	protopod
pseudopod	15	5	294	3	pseudopod
pterygoid	16	5	224	3	pterygoid
sauropod	11	10	377	3	sauropod
steroid	8	13	1487	3	stero_id
tetrapod	11	4	512	3	_tetrapod
theropods	15	4	496	3	theropods
tripod	9	39	985	3	_t_ripod
uropod	9	3	726	3	__uropod

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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	7.576	19292.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	8.015	22294.6