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

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

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
catachrestical	20	8	107	(None)
catachrestic	18	6	139	2	catachrestic__
catechetical	18	6	325	3	catech_e_tical
catachresis	18	6	203	4	catachres_i__s
acrostical	14	4	583	5	___ac_rostical
atheistical	16	5	457	5	_at__heistical
atheoretical	17	6	301	5	_atheore_tical
catachreses	18	7	251	5	catachres___es
cataphoretic	21	6	214	5	cataphore_tic__
catechistic	17	5	313	5	catech_istic__
cytochemical	23	6	414	5	cytoch_e_mical
metathetical	19	5	375	5	metath_e_tical
pathetical	17	4	750	5	pat__h_e_tical
patristical	15	5	554	5	pat___ristical

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	6.610	14375.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.986	25578.4