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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “vexillologists” 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
vexillologists	25	9	174	(None)
vexillologist	24	7	210	1	vexillologist_
vexillologies	24	5	146	2	vexillologi_es
lexicologists	23	7	415	3	lexi_cologists
vexillologic	25	6	107	3	vexillologi__c
vexillological	27	6	168	3	vexillological
exobiologists	23	5	532	4	_exobiologists
lexicologist	22	9	491	4	lexi_cologist_
philologists	18	7	668	4	_phi_lologists
seismologists	16	12	419	4	se_ismologists
semiologists	15	4	822	4	semi__ologists
sexologists	19	4	725	4	sex___ologists
teleologists	13	4	722	4	te__leologists
toxicologists	23	5	398	4	toxi_cologists
vexillology	25	5	122	4	vexillolog___y
virologists	15	4	663	4	v__i_rologists

Search took 4 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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	16	3.393	19414.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.719	48048.1