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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “polyantha” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

11 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
polyantha	17	15	321	(None)
polyanthas	18	18	317	1	polyanthas
polyanthi	17	12	361	1	polyanthi
polyanthus	18	15	306	2	polyanthus
polenta	9	3	1009	3	pol_ent_a
polyandry	18	5	291	3	polyandry
polymath	18	7	596	3	polymath_
polymaths	19	6	520	3	polymaths
polymathy	22	7	343	3	polymathy
polynya	15	4	406	3	poly_n_ya
polypnea	15	4	425	3	polypn_ea

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	148641	0.483	369960.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	11	6.406	23203.4
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.905	25878.5