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

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

11 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
epidemiologist	20	6	276	(None)
epidemiologists	21	6	249	1	epidemiologists
epidemiologic	21	6	200	2	epidemiologi_c
epidemiologies	20	6	229	2	epidemiologies
epidemiological	23	17	260	3	epidemiological
epidemiology	21	6	196	3	epidemiolog__y
epistemologist	19	7	251	3	epistem_ologist
ecclesiologist	19	6	260	4	ecclesiologist
epistemologists	20	7	212	4	epistem_ologists
ideologist	12	4	853	4	__ide__ologist
semiologist	14	4	1071	4	___semiologist

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	11	3.483	18913.0
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.812	46875.9