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

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

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.

11 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
mesencephala	21	7	241	(None)
metencephala	21	7	244	1	metencephala
mesencephalic	24	7	260	2	mesencephalic
mesencephalon	22	7	229	2	mesencephalon
myelencephala	25	9	173	2	myelencephala
telencephala	19	7	250	2	telencephala
diencephala	19	6	246	3	_diencephala
encephala	16	5	389	3	___encephala
metencephalic	24	7	282	3	metencephalic
metencephalon	22	7	241	3	metencephalon
prosencephala	22	7	171	3	prosencephala

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	11	5.690	16700.2
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.050	29535.7