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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “astrophysicist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

12 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
astrophysicist	24	7	197	(None)
astrophysicists	25	8	148	1	astrophysicists
astrophysics	22	6	342	2	astrophysic_s_
astrophysical	23	9	266	3	astrophysic_al
astrophysically	28	8	281	4	astrophysically
biophysicist	24	10	215	4	__biophysicist
geophysicist	23	12	226	4	__geophysicist
psychophysicist	35	8	190	4	psychophysicist
biophysicists	25	9	170	5	__biophysicists
geophysicists	24	12	186	5	__geophysicists
microphysics	26	5	421	5	microphysic_s_
physicist	19	5	518	5	_____physicist

Search took 9 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	95024	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	7.610	12486.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.016	22291.8