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

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

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
pharmaceutical	25	10	186	(None)
pharmaceuticals	26	10	140	1	pharmaceuticals
hermeneutical	20	6	131	4	_hermeneutical
nutraceutical	17	7	158	4	nutr_aceutical
pharmacological	27	9	354	4	pharmacological
pharmacopeial	24	17	272	4	pharmacopei_al
hermetical	17	4	638	5	_herm__e_tical
nutraceuticals	18	7	91	5	nutr_aceuticals
parachutic	19	5	429	5	p_ar_achutic__
paramedical	18	11	440	5	p_ar_ame_dical
parasitical	15	5	565	5	p_ar_a_sitical
paratactical	18	5	292	5	p_ar_atactical
pharmacopeia	23	17	318	5	pharmacopei_a_
pharmacopeias	24	17	281	5	pharmacopei_as
pharmacopoeial	25	17	265	5	pharmacopoeial
practical	15	4	884	5	p__r_ac__tical
pragmatical	18	5	490	5	pragma___tical

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	17	6.530	14551.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.906	25874.7