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

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

14 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
archdiocese	19	6	136	(None)
archdioceses	20	6	162	1	archdioceses
archdiocesan	20	7	89	2	archdiocesan
achiotes	13	3	900	4	a_ch_iotes_
archaise	13	4	847	4	archai___se
archaises	14	4	840	4	archai_ses_
archaizes	23	4	644	4	archai_zes_
archduchess	22	6	88	4	archduchess
archdukes	19	4	256	4	archd_ukes_
archfoes	16	4	499	4	arch_fo_es_
archines	13	38	1525	4	arch_i_nes_
archives	16	39	955	4	arch_i_ves_
diocese	10	3	685	4	____diocese
marchioness	18	4	273	4	march_ioness

Search took 10 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	148819	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	14	9.033	16475.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	9.516	18778.0