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

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

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
ichthyofaunae	27	8	125	(None)
ichthyofauna	26	8	135	1	ichthyofauna_
ichthyofaunal	27	8	123	1	ichthyofaunal
ichthyofaunas	27	8	133	1	ichthyofaunas
ichthyosaur	22	7	139	4	ichthyosau__r
ichthyosaurian	25	16	155	4	ichthyosaurian
ichthyosaurs	23	7	154	4	ichthyosau_rs
entomofaunae	17	7	85	5	_entomofaunae
ichthyosaurians	26	19	135	5	ichthyosaurians
microfaunae	18	5	346	5	mic___rofaunae

Search took 9 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	10	7.580	16463.1
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	7.986	22375.5