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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sulphas” 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
sulphas	12	3	624	(None)
sulpha	11	3	540	1	sulpha_
alphas	11	3	951	2	_alphas
salpas	8	51	1692	2	salp_as
subphase	15	5	560	2	subphase
sulfas	9	3	1156	2	sul_fas
sulphate	13	4	664	2	sulphate
sulphates	14	6	617	2	sulphates
sulphid	13	4	611	2	sulphid
sulphids	14	4	437	2	sulphids
sulphur	12	12	387	2	sulphur
sulphurs	13	8	365	2	sulphurs
sylphs	14	3	554	2	sylph_s

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	3.576	30109.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.936	45399.1