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

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

19 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
phenol	11	4	925	(None)
phenols	12	3	810	1	phenols
phenom	13	3	947	1	phenom
phenyl	14	3	532	1	phenyl
enol	4	58	2382	2	__enol
penal	7	52	2837	2	p_enal
phenetol	13	4	407	2	phenetol
phenix	18	3	713	2	phenix
phenolic	15	4	681	2	phenolic
phenoms	14	3	781	2	phenoms
phenoxy	22	4	348	2	phenoxy
phenyls	15	3	433	2	phenyls
phonal	11	3	1038	2	phonal
phono	10	49	1702	2	phono_
phonon	11	40	1203	2	phonon
phonos	11	41	1479	2	phonos
phytol	14	36	656	2	phytol
sheol	8	43	1837	2	she_ol
thenal	9	27	1243	2	thenal

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.610	31628.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.953	60511.7