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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “encephalopathic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

10 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
encephalopathic	29	8	141	(None)
encephalopathy	29	11	167	2	encephalopath_y
encephalitic	21	6	338	4	encephal__it_ic
nephropathic	24	6	250	4	_n_eph_ropathic
cephalometric	24	6	306	5	__cephalometric
cephalothin	21	6	259	5	__cephalo__thin
encephalitis	19	6	362	5	encephal__it_is
encephalograph	27	14	252	5	encephalograph__
encephalographs	28	14	221	5	encephalograph_s
encephalography	31	13	223	5	encephalograph_y

Search took 7 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	65874	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	10	5.843	11274.0
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	6.185	28891.0