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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “calligraphists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

10 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
calligraphists	22	9	113	(None)
calligraphist	21	8	211	1	calligraphist_
calligraphies	21	5	319	2	calligraphi_es
calligraphers	21	6	222	3	calligraph_ers
calligraphic	22	5	287	3	calligraphi__c
calligrapher	20	5	258	4	calligraph__er
calligraphy	22	6	256	4	calligraph___y
epigraphists	20	6	199	4	__epigraphists
polygraphists	24	10	189	4	_polygraphists
telegraphists	19	6	187	4	_telegraphists

Search took 4 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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	10	3.263	20188.2
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.576	49969.5