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

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

13 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
chalcogen	17	4	376	(None)
chalcogens	18	5	299	1	chalcogens
halogen	11	3	839	2	_hal_ogen
chaconne	15	4	393	3	cha_conne
chalcogenide	21	6	153	3	chalcogen~~ide~~
chalone	12	3	1210	3	chal_one_
chalones	13	3	1217	3	chal_ones
charwomen	19	4	459	3	charwomen
chromogen	17	4	489	3	chromogen
cyanogen	14	10	451	3	cya_nogen
halogens	12	3	736	3	_hal_ogens
hyalogen	15	4	405	3	hyal_ogen
phellogen	15	4	365	3	phellogen

Search took 8 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	7.030	21143.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.453	23975.7