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

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

18 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
specula	11	18	741	(None)
specular	12	21	761	1	specular
spicula	11	25	929	1	spicula
fecula	11	33	1005	2	_fecula
opercula	12	4	499	2	opercula
peculia	11	4	713	2	_peculia
secular	9	22	1153	2	s_ecular
spatula	9	3	589	2	spatula
special	11	3	1030	2	special
speckle	15	29	755	2	speckle
spectra	11	27	583	2	spectra
speculate	13	23	918	2	speculate
speculum	14	7	419	2	speculum
spiculae	12	21	860	2	spiculae
spicular	12	23	890	2	spicular
spicule	11	26	993	2	spicule
spinula	9	25	790	2	spinula
spirula	9	25	770	2	spirula

Search took 4 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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.516	50822.2