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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sphygmograph” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
sphygmograph	29	6	210	(None)
sphygmographs	30	6	199	1	sphygmographs
hygrograph	23	5	544	3	__hygrograph
cymograph	22	9	684	4	__cy_mograph
homograph	20	8	1042	4	__h_omograph
hygrographs	24	5	550	4	__hygrographs
kymograph	24	11	540	4	__ky_mograph
phonograph	21	4	881	4	_ph_onograph
photograph	21	4	1101	4	_ph_otograph
physiography	29	5	449	4	_physiography
pneumograph	21	5	358	4	_pneumograph
psychograph	27	5	428	4	_psychograph
seismograph	19	12	384	4	s_eismograph
spectrograph	22	12	352	4	spectrograph
thermograph	22	5	549	4	_thermograph

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	15	6.030	20694.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.436	27764.3