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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ichthyologists” 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
ichthyologists	26	6	231	(None)
ichthyologist	25	6	278	1	ichthyologist_
ichthyologies	25	5	229	2	ichthyologi_es
ichthyological	28	8	245	3	ichthyological
anthologists	16	4	803	4	_anth_ologists
cetologists	14	4	916	4	_cet__ologists
chronologists	19	6	611	4	_chronologists
cytologists	17	4	801	4	_cyt__ologists
ethnologists	16	4	704	4	__ethnologists
ethologists	15	4	902	4	__eth_ologists
ichthyology	26	5	216	4	ichthyolog___y
lichenologists	20	6	303	4	lich_enologists
mythologists	21	4	689	4	_myth_ologists
pathologists	18	4	837	4	_path_ologists
victimologists	22	6	225	4	vic_timologists

Search took 4 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	65874	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	15	2.843	23170.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.169	56387.2