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

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

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
gastroscopist	18	6	308	(None)
gastroscopists	19	7	213	1	gastroscopists
gastroscopes	17	10	468	2	gastroscopes_
gastroscopic	19	6	356	2	gastroscopi_c
gastroscopies	18	14	356	2	gastroscopies
gastronomist	15	6	337	3	gastro_nomist
gastroscope	16	6	425	3	gastroscop__e
gastroscopy	19	7	299	3	gastroscop__y
laparoscopist	19	10	242	3	laparoscopist
fluoroscopist	20	7	267	4	fluoroscopist
gastronomists	16	6	269	4	gastro_nomists
laparoscopists	20	10	168	4	laparoscopists
microscopist	20	5	564	4	_microscopist
spectroscopist	22	7	254	4	spectroscopist

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	95024	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	5.000	19004.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.389	33158.5