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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bioengineering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

16 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
bioengineering	18	7	121	(None)
bioengineerings	19	7	108	1	bioengineerings
bioengineer	14	6	129	3	bioengineer___
bioengineered	17	7	102	3	bioengineer_ed
bioengineers	15	6	134	3	bioengineer__s
engineering	13	5	316	3	___engineering
nonengineering	16	7	142	3	nonengineering
reengineering	15	9	196	3	_reengineering
engineerings	14	5	185	4	___engineerings
overengineering	20	7	154	4	overengineering
befingering	18	4	313	5	b__e_fingering
domineering	15	5	332	5	_do__mineering
engendering	14	5	308	5	___engendering
mountaineering	17	16	158	5	_mountaineering
pioneering	13	5	439	5	pio____neering
sloganeering	14	5	164	5	slo__ganeering

Search took 7 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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	16	6.623	14347.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.749	26476.7