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

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

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
epidemiological	23	17	260	(None)
epidemiologic	21	6	200	2	epidemiologic__
epidemiologies	20	6	229	3	epidemiologi_es
epidemiologist	20	6	276	3	epidemiologi_st
epidemiologists	21	6	249	3	epidemiologists
epistemological	22	10	194	3	epistem_ological
ecclesiological	19	9	231	4	ecclesiological
epidemiology	21	6	196	4	epidemiolog___y
ideological	15	10	664	4	__ide__ological
prebiological	20	5	597	4	_p_rebiological
semiological	17	4	778	4	___semiological
unideological	17	6	333	4	unide__ological

Search took 6 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	43548	0.563	317390.8
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	12	4.453	9779.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.032	35510.9