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

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

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
rhombencephalon	29	10	125	(None)
rhombencephala	28	8	129	2	rhombencephal_a
rhinencephalon	24	8	173	3	rh_inencephalon
prosencephalon	23	8	155	4	pro_sencephalon
diencephalon	20	7	248	5	___diencephalon
encephalon	17	5	368	5	_____encephalon
mesencephalon	22	7	228	5	__mesencephalon
metencephalon	22	7	240	5	__metencephalon
myelencephalon	26	8	160	5	_myelencephalon
rhinencephala	23	9	192	5	rh_inencephal_a
rhinencephalic	26	8	199	5	rh_inencephalic
telencephalon	20	7	220	5	__telencephalon
prosencephala	22	7	170	6	pro_sencephal_a
prosencephalic	25	7	189	6	pro_sencephalic

Search took 7 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	6.500	14619.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.876	25987.6