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

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

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.

17 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
pythons	15	3	736	(None)
python	14	4	714	1	python_
cytons	11	17	1018	2	cyt_ons
mythos	14	39	846	2	mytho_s
pathos	11	55	1669	2	patho_s
patrons	9	38	1810	2	patrons
phons	10	52	2114	2	p__hons
phytons	15	31	906	2	phyt_ons
pitons	8	53	1904	2	pit_ons
pothos	11	42	1469	2	potho_s
potions	9	34	1742	2	potions
putons	8	35	1515	2	put_ons
pylons	11	30	1124	2	py_lons
pythoness	17	4	373	2	pythoness
pythonic	18	4	755	2	pythonic
syphons	15	3	750	2	syphons
typhons	15	3	708	2	typhons

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	5.236	20563.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.389	33158.5