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

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

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
biosynthesis	20	15	250	(None)
biosyntheses	20	16	220	1	biosyntheses
biosynthetic	22	6	227	2	biosynthetic
resynthesis	17	5	304	3	_resynthesis
synthesis	15	4	605	3	___synthesis
biogenesis	13	4	541	4	biogen__esis
chemosynthesis	27	16	201	4	chemosynthesis
parasynthesis	21	6	228	4	parasynthesis
photosynthesis	25	12	276	4	photosynthesis
prosthesis	15	4	615	4	pros__thesis
resyntheses	17	5	284	4	_resyntheses
syntheses	15	4	568	4	___syntheses
synthesist	16	5	498	4	___synthesist

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	6.596	18919.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.986	25578.4