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

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

16 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
photofinisher	24	7	174	(None)
photofinishers	25	7	133	1	photofinishers
photofinishing	26	7	171	3	photofinishing
photofinishings	27	8	121	4	photofinishings
photoflashes	23	5	307	4	photof_lashes
photokineses	21	5	367	4	photokines_es
finisher	14	3	630	5	_____finisher
photocopier	20	6	649	5	photocopi__er
photoflash	21	5	353	5	photof_lash__
photographer	23	4	969	5	photo_grapher
photoinduced	21	6	198	5	photo_induced
photoionize	25	5	523	5	photoioni_ze_
photoionized	27	5	426	5	photoioni_zed
photoionizes	26	5	530	5	photoioni_zes
photokinesis	21	5	355	5	photokines_is
refinisher	16	4	337	5	___refinisher

Search took 10 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	124790	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	9.436	13224.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	9.888	18071.5