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

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

16 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
sulfids	11	3	729	(None)
sulfid	10	3	906	1	sulfid_
sulfide	11	3	810	1	sulfide
sulfides	12	3	805	1	sulfides
disulfids	14	14	365	2	disulfids
fulfils	13	4	572	2	fulfils
salpids	10	3	819	2	salpids
sloids	7	37	1269	2	s_loids
solids	7	41	1640	2	sol_ids
sulfas	9	3	1156	2	sulf_as
sulfite	10	3	1047	2	sulfite
sulfites	11	3	990	2	sulfites
sulfurs	10	3	734	2	sulfurs
sulkies	11	43	1576	2	sulkies
sullies	7	41	2223	2	sullies
sulphids	14	4	437	2	sulphids

Search took 4 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.483	30913.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.889	45947.8