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

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

19 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
hydrographer	25	5	580	(None)
hydrographers	26	5	416	1	hydrographers
hydrographic	27	5	636	2	hydrographic
hydrographies	26	7	580	2	hydrographies
hydrography	27	4	619	2	hydrograph_y
chirographer	23	10	606	3	chirographer
chorographer	23	11	824	3	chorographer
hagiographer	22	5	501	3	hagiographer
holographer	20	8	839	3	h_olographer
hydrocracker	27	6	211	3	hydrocracker
hygrograph	23	5	544	3	hygrograph__
hygrographs	24	5	550	3	hygrograph_s
mythographer	26	12	451	3	mythographer
petrographer	20	5	728	3	petrographer
physiographer	27	5	434	3	physiographer
reprographer	20	5	625	3	reprographer
typographer	22	5	534	3	ty_pographer
videographer	22	5	432	3	videographer
xylographer	27	5	483	3	xy_lographer

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	19	6.330	15011.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.716	26606.8