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

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

13 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
spatula	9	3	590	(None)
spatular	10	4	466	1	spatular
spatulas	10	4	548	1	spatulas
papula	10	30	1112	2	_papula
scapula	11	3	635	2	scapula
spathal	12	3	626	2	spathal
spatial	9	3	1032	2	spatial
spatulate	11	10	717	2	spatulate
spatzle	18	3	458	2	spatzle
specula	11	18	742	2	specula
spicula	11	25	930	2	spicula
spinula	9	25	790	2	spinula
spirula	9	25	770	2	spirula

Search took 8 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	107671	0.766	233278.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	7.033	15309.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.812	22873.9