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

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

12 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
anthozoic	23	4	452	(None)
anthozoan	21	5	350	2	anthozoan
entozoic	19	4	457	2	ent_ozoic
anthemic	15	4	1032	3	anth_emic
anthodia	12	4	780	3	antho_dia
anthoid	11	3	1331	3	anth__oid
anthology	16	4	679	3	anthology
anthozoans	22	5	315	3	anthozoans
anthropic	16	4	842	3	anthropic
anthropoid	16	5	646	3	anthropoid
antiheroic	15	5	638	3	antiheroic
endozoic	20	4	428	3	en_dozoic

Search took 10 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	148641	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	8.796	16898.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	9.282	19251.3