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

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

8 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
photon	11	115	1483	(None)
phonon	11	40	1203	1	phonon
photo	10	44	1723	1	photo_
photog	12	37	981	1	photog
photons	12	38	1443	1	photons
photos	11	33	1664	1	photos
phyton	14	36	1025	1	phyton
proton	8	43	1889	1	proton

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	48755	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	8	2.453	19875.7
3	Display Results	8	8	0.016	500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	2.939	60799.9