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

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

14 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
polyhistoric	22	6	232	(None)
polyhistor	18	5	266	2	polyhistor__
polyhistors	19	5	275	2	polyhistor_s
polycistronic	22	6	132	3	polycistronic
prehistoric	18	9	415	3	p_rehistoric
protohistoric	20	6	279	3	protohistoric
ahistoric	14	6	624	4	___ahistoric
historic	13	8	894	4	____historic
polariscopic	20	6	170	4	polariscopic
polyatomic	19	5	380	4	poly__atomic
polycentric	20	5	358	4	polycent_ric
polycystic	22	5	356	4	polycyst__ic
polysomic	18	4	510	4	poly__s_omic
polytheistic	22	6	285	4	polytheist__ic

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	0.780	229091.0
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	8.826	14138.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	9.622	18571.1