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

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

13 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
sphenoidal	16	5	245	(None)
spheroidal	16	5	256	1	spheroidal
solenoidal	11	5	219	2	solenoidal
sphenoid	14	4	632	2	sphenoid__
sphenoids	15	4	467	2	sphenoid_s
adenoidal	11	4	366	3	_adenoidal
sphenodon	15	5	256	3	spheno_don
spherical	16	4	580	3	sphe_rical
spheroid	14	4	728	3	spheroid__
spheroidally	21	7	188	3	spheroidally
spheroids	15	4	554	3	spheroid_s
splenial	10	4	718	3	splen_i_al
steroidal	10	4	547	3	s_teroidal

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.406	21948.6
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.812	26231.8