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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “telegraphese” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

15 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
telegraphese	18	5	247	(None)
telegrapheses	19	6	167	1	telegrapheses
telegraphed	18	5	386	2	telegraphe_d
telegrapher	17	5	450	2	telegraphe_r
telegraphers	18	5	379	2	telegraphers
telegraphies	18	5	477	2	telegraphies_
telegraphist	18	6	360	2	telegraphist
telegraphs	16	4	519	2	telegraph_s_
telegraph	15	4	514	3	telegraph___
telegraphic	19	5	493	3	telegraph_ic
telegraphing	19	6	297	3	telegraphing
telegraphists	19	6	187	3	telegraphists
telegraphy	19	5	437	3	telegraph__y
telegrammed	17	5	194	4	telegramme_d
telegrams	12	4	498	4	telegra__ms_

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	15	6.313	19767.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.716	26606.8