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

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

15 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
ichthyologist	25	6	278	(None)
ichthyologists	26	6	231	1	ichthyologists
ichthyologies	25	5	229	2	ichthyologies
ichthyological	28	8	243	3	ichthyological
ichthyology	26	5	216	3	ichthyolog__y
anthologist	15	4	1046	4	_anth_ologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	4	_cet__ologist
chronologist	18	5	762	4	_chronologist
cytologist	16	4	1053	4	_cyt__ologist
ethnologist	15	4	926	4	__ethnologist
ethologist	14	4	1189	4	__eth_ologist
lichenologist	19	7	391	4	lich_enologist
mythologist	20	5	899	4	_myth_ologist
pathologist	17	4	1066	4	_path_ologist
victimologist	21	6	262	4	vic_timologist

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	5.720	16612.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.859	30498.5