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

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

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
sporoid	10	23	1072	(None)
sparoid	10	23	1153	1	sparoid
spiroid	10	21	982	1	spiroid
choroid	13	3	1179	2	choroid
sordid	8	34	1115	2	s_ordid
sparid	9	40	1693	2	spar_id
sparoids	11	21	871	2	sparoids
spheroid	14	4	728	2	spheroid
spoored	10	44	1129	2	spoored
spored	9	48	2179	2	spor_ed
sported	10	40	1543	2	sported
sportif	12	3	879	2	sportif
steroid	8	13	1485	2	steroid
toroid	7	4	1601	2	_toroid

Search took 5 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	4.170	25820.4
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.562	39169.4