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

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

18 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
pathoses	13	4	1277	(None)
bathoses	13	3	1046	1	bathoses
cathodes	14	3	939	2	cathodes
cathouses	14	3	943	2	cathouses
ethoses	10	3	1176	2	_ethoses
kathodes	16	4	618	2	kathodes
orthoses	11	3	1114	2	orthoses
papooses	12	4	805	2	papooses
pathless	13	13	804	2	pathless
pathogen	14	4	646	2	pathogen
pathogens	15	4	571	2	pathogens
pathos	11	55	1669	2	patho__s
phthises	16	4	572	2	phthises
potholes	13	3	1293	2	potholes
pothouses	14	4	904	2	pothouses
ptoses	8	35	1467	2	p_t_oses
ratholes	11	3	1241	2	ratholes
spathose	13	4	563	2	spathose_

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.563	33976.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.952	45215.3