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

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

16 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
photoscans	17	5	546	(None)
photoscan	16	5	505	1	photoscan_
photostats	15	4	706	2	photostats
chitosans	14	7	466	3	chitos_ans
pentosans	11	4	518	3	pentos_ans
photograms	18	4	819	3	photograms
photomaps	18	4	560	3	photo_maps
photons	12	38	1443	3	photo___ns
photopias	16	4	1014	3	photopia_s
photoplays	20	5	472	3	photoplays
photoscanned	20	6	187	3	photoscanned
photosets	14	4	783	3	photos_ets
photostat	14	4	799	3	photosta_t
protistans	12	4	520	3	protistans
protostars	12	4	685	3	protostars
protozoans	21	5	553	3	protozoans

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	140603	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.686	21029.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.858	26055.8