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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “metallographiesa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

13 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
metallographies	23	6	240	1	metallographies_
metallographer	22	6	233	3	metallograph_e_r
metallographers	23	7	184	3	metallograph_ers
metallographic	24	6	241	3	metallographi__c
metallography	24	6	294	4	metallograph___y
calligraphies	21	5	319	5	__calligraphies_
ethnographies	22	5	493	5	_et_hnographies_
mammographies	22	5	356	5	m__ammographies_
mythographies	27	5	455	5	myt__hographies_
oscillographies	23	8	177	5	oscillographies_
paleographies	21	5	573	5	__paleographies_
petrographies	21	5	714	5	pet__rographies_
stylographies	22	5	435	5	_st_ylographies_

Search took 3 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	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	13	2.423	17972.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	2.732	65406.7