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

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

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.

25 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
naphtha	15	4	292	(None)
aphtha	14	4	448	1	_aphtha
naphthas	16	4	325	1	naphthas
aphthae	15	4	470	2	_aphthae
naphthol	16	6	240	2	naphthol
naphthyl	19	5	163	2	naphthyl
naphtol	12	12	402	2	naphtol
anaphora	13	4	512	3	anaphora
apathy	14	3	703	3	_apathy
capita	10	29	1377	3	capit_a
daphnia	13	4	505	3	daphnia
haphtara	16	5	327	3	haphtara
maltha	11	3	751	3	ma_ltha
napa	6	69	2726	3	nap___a
naphthene	17	5	287	3	naphthene
naphthols	17	5	239	3	naphthols
naphthous	17	5	320	3	naphthous
naphthyls	20	5	167	3	naphthyls
naphtols	13	14	369	3	naphtols
nappa	9	85	1186	3	nap__pa
nepeta	8	3	789	3	nepet_a
raphia	11	35	1126	3	raph_ia
saphena	12	3	586	3	saphena
sapota	8	3	1021	3	sapot_a
tapeta	8	3	1069	3	tapet_a

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	134027	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	25	6.110	21935.7
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	6.529	27368.8