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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “steroids” 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
steroids	9	9	1145	(None)
asteroids	10	4	875	1	asteroids
steroid	8	13	1487	1	steroid_
aneroids	9	3	1020	2	aneroids
asteroid	9	5	1121	2	asteroid_
emeroids	11	14	772	2	emeroids
osteoids	9	4	596	2	oste_oids
sparoids	11	21	871	2	sparoids
spheroids	15	4	554	2	spheroids
steroidal	10	4	548	2	steroidal
sterols	7	3	1344	2	stero_ls
strouds	8	3	780	2	st_rouds
toroids	8	3	1065	2	_toroids

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	7.093	17067.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.483	23879.6