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

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

19 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
epigones	11	3	802	(None)
epigone	10	5	784	1	epigone_
epigons	10	4	818	1	epigon_s
epigonus	11	4	442	1	epigonus
eikones	11	3	785	2	e_ikones
epicenes	12	4	925	2	epicenes
epidotes	11	4	702	2	epidotes
epigene	10	3	789	2	epigene_
epigon	9	3	796	2	epigon__
epigoni	10	5	609	2	epigon_i
epigonic	13	4	672	2	epigonic
epigonism	14	4	516	2	epigonism
epigonous	12	4	442	2	epigonous
epigynies	15	4	382	2	epigynies
episodes	11	4	591	2	episodes
episomes	12	5	730	2	episomes
epitomes	12	5	771	2	epitomes
epitopes	12	4	697	2	epitopes
pinones	9	47	1707	2	_pinones

Search took 5 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.643	33230.6
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.033	44307.2