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

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

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.

12 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
microcephaly	26	10	342	(None)
microcephalic	23	6	364	2	microcephalic
hydrocephaly	29	6	253	3	hydrocephaly
microcephalics	24	8	296	3	microcephalics
microcephalies	25	7	342	3	microcephalies
autocephaly	21	6	230	4	_autocephaly
dolichocephaly	30	8	106	4	dolichocephaly
microcapsule	20	6	258	4	microcapsule
micrococcal	15	5	387	4	micrococcal_
microcopy	20	8	549	4	microcop___y
microphage	20	5	646	4	micro__phage
microphyll	22	5	450	4	micro__phyll

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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	6.500	19198.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.906	25874.7