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

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

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
sporozoans	21	12	276	(None)
sporozoan	20	14	336	1	sporozoan_
sporozoa	19	10	325	2	sporozoa__
sporozoal	20	11	320	2	sporozoa_l
sporozoon	20	11	258	2	sporozoon_
hydrozoans	26	5	411	3	hydrozoans
parazoans	20	4	560	3	_parazoans
polyzoans	23	4	418	3	_polyzoans
protozoans	21	5	553	3	protozoans
sporogony	15	4	280	3	sporogo_ny
sporozoic	22	6	275	3	sporozo_ic
sporozoite	21	5	254	3	sporozoite
sporozoites	22	5	222	3	sporozoites
sporrans	10	4	552	3	spor__rans

Search took 9 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	7.420	18949.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.872	22699.6