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

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

22 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
spheric	14	5	1007	(None)
aspheric	15	4	798	1	aspheric
sphenic	14	4	909	1	sphenic
spherics	15	3	707	1	spherics
aphetic	14	29	1285	2	aphetic
ephebic	16	4	651	2	ephebic
etheric	12	3	1178	2	etheric
sherif	12	29	1524	2	s_herif
spermic	13	3	852	2	sp_ermic
spheral	12	3	842	2	spheral
sphere	11	33	1366	2	spher_e
sphered	13	35	1231	2	sphered
spheres	12	31	1435	2	spheres
spherical	16	4	580	2	spherical
spherier	13	3	778	2	spherier
sphering	14	28	1194	2	sphering
spheroid	14	4	728	2	spheroid
sphery	14	31	888	2	spher_y
splenic	11	4	866	2	splenic
steric	8	3	1706	2	s_teric
sthenic	12	6	890	2	sthenic
suberic	11	3	1221	2	suberic

Search took 4 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.423	31455.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.843	46497.8