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

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

10 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
spiculum	14	6	421	(None)
speculum	14	7	419	1	speculum
aciculum	14	4	341	2	aciculum
apiculus	12	4	541	2	apiculus
speculums	15	6	290	2	speculums
spicula	11	25	929	2	spicul_a
spiculae	12	21	860	2	spiculae
spicular	12	23	890	2	spicular
spicule	11	26	993	2	spicul_e
spicules	12	21	980	2	spicules

Search took 5 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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	10	3.783	32000.8
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	4.156	42995.9