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

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

15 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
spermatids	15	4	557	(None)
spermatid	14	4	804	1	spermatid_
spermaries	14	6	806	2	spermaries
spermatia	13	4	674	2	spermati_a
spermatial	14	4	567	2	spermatial
spermatic	15	4	871	2	spermati_c
spermatium	16	5	486	2	spermatium
mermaids	13	5	575	3	_merma_ids
operatics	13	4	695	3	oper_atics
peracids	13	3	1007	3	_per_acids
serranids	10	4	553	3	s_erranids
spermacetis	17	5	396	3	spermaceti_s
spermatozoids	27	6	192	3	spermat~~ozo~~ids
spermicide	17	5	349	3	spermicide
spermicides	18	5	331	3	spermicides

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	140603	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	6.563	21423.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.982	25593.1