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

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

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
cryosurgical	20	6	134	(None)
chemosurgical	23	6	137	3	chemosurgical
microsurgical	20	6	246	3	micr_osurgical
bryological	19	4	537	4	bryo_logical
cryosurgeon	17	6	132	4	cryosurg_eon
cryosurgeons	18	6	124	4	cryosurgeons
cryosurgery	20	7	132	4	cryosurg_ery
neurosurgical	16	6	183	4	neurosurgical
nonsurgical	14	6	314	4	_nonsurgical
postsurgical	17	6	151	4	postsurgical
psychosurgical	27	7	230	4	psychosurgical
surgical	11	4	625	4	____surgical

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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	7.093	17593.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.499	23828.6