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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thermophilous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

15 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
thermophilous	23	6	215	(None)
thermophiles	22	5	426	2	thermophil_es
anemophilous	19	6	193	3	ane_mophilous
thermophile	21	5	465	3	thermophil__e
thermophilic	24	6	397	3	thermophil_ic
thermopiles	18	5	420	3	thermop_il_es
xerophilous	23	5	329	3	_xer_ophilous
coprophilous	21	6	232	4	copr_ophilous
entomophilous	20	8	154	4	entomophilous
hemophiles	20	4	727	4	_he_mophil_es
hemophilias	21	5	502	4	_he_mophilias
hemophilics	23	6	462	4	_he_mophilics
hygrophilous	24	6	201	4	_hygrophilous
spermophiles	21	5	307	4	spermophil_es
thermopile	17	5	418	4	thermop_il__e

Search took 6 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	95024	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	4.893	19420.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.029	35532.1