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

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

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.

21 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
telescopes	14	4	520	(None)
telescope	13	5	506	1	telescope_
telescoped	15	5	364	1	telescoped
telescopies	15	5	384	1	telescopies
telescopic	16	5	330	2	telescopic
telescopy	16	5	301	2	telescop_y
teleshops	14	4	478	2	teleshop_s
aeroscopes	14	4	801	3	aeroscopes
borescopes	16	4	517	3	borescopes
episcopes	15	4	580	3	_episcopes
fetoscopes	17	4	539	3	fetoscopes
kinescopes	18	6	421	3	kinescopes
periscopes	16	4	635	3	periscopes
stereoscopes	16	5	429	3	stereoscopes
telecoms	12	4	647	3	tele_co_ms
telephones	15	4	569	3	telephones
telescoping	16	5	260	3	telescoping
teleses	7	3	1312	3	teles___es
teleshop	13	4	471	3	teleshop__
teleshopped	19	5	202	3	teleshopped
teletypes	14	11	495	3	tele_types

Search took 8 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	21	7.126	19731.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.549	23670.8