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

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

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
microbiologic	22	6	452	(None)
microbiological	24	6	437	2	microbiological
microbiologies	21	6	498	2	microbiologies
microbiologist	21	13	549	2	microbiologist
microbiology	22	6	377	2	microbiolog_y
microbiologists	22	13	481	3	microbiologists
macrobiotic	19	5	305	4	macrobi__otic
microeconomic	20	6	259	4	microeconomic
paleobiologic	20	6	478	4	paleobiologic
photobiologic	23	6	520	4	photobiologic
prebiologic	18	8	473	4	__prebiologic
psychobiologic	29	6	372	4	psychobiologic
radiobiologic	19	6	353	4	radiobiologic

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	5.640	16848.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.049	29540.6