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

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

12 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
biathlete	14	4	279	(None)
biathletes	15	5	269	1	biathletes
athlete	10	6	808	2	__athlete
triathlete	13	5	264	2	triathlete
athletes	11	5	788	3	__athletes
bathless	13	12	738	3	b_athless
biathlon	13	15	301	3	biathl_on
biathlons	14	10	333	3	biathlons
birthrate	14	4	530	3	birthrate
decathlete	16	5	221	3	decathlete
nonathlete	13	5	330	3	nonathlete
triathletes	14	7	228	3	triathletes

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	148641	0.516	346300.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.093	20956.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.625	23434.9