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

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

17 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
orthodontists	17	6	240	(None)
orthodontist	16	6	320	1	orthodontist_
orthodontias	16	6	277	2	orthodonti_as
orthodontics	18	7	273	2	orthodonti_cs
orthodontia	15	6	323	3	orthodonti__a
orthodontic	17	5	342	3	orthodonti__c
orthotists	13	4	515	3	orth__o_tists
prosthodontists	21	7	114	3	prosthodontists
endodontists	14	6	228	4	_endodontists
exodontists	19	5	222	4	__exodontists
orthodoxies	22	5	308	4	orthodo_xi_es
orthoepists	16	5	276	4	orth__oepists
orthopedists	18	6	223	4	ortho_pedists
orthopterists	18	6	268	4	orthopterists
orthotist	12	4	670	4	orth__o_tist_
periodontists	16	6	254	4	periodontists
prosthodontist	20	7	165	4	prosthodontist_

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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	17	5.563	17081.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.999	29786.8