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

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

10 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
cholinesterase	19	13	129	(None)
cholinesterases	20	17	122	1	cholinesterases
pectinesterase	18	16	91	4	pectinesterase
cholestases	16	5	374	5	chol__est__ases
cholesteric	18	5	371	5	chol__ester_ic
cholesterol	16	5	243	5	chol__ester_ol
cholesterols	17	5	227	5	chol__esterols
choristers	15	8	610	5	chori__ster_s_
holinesses	13	5	1149	5	_holinesse__s_
pectinesterases	19	13	88	5	pectinesterases

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	95024	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	10	5.796	16394.8
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	6.142	29093.3