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

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

14 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
epizootiologies	27	7	125	(None)
epizootiologic	28	7	113	2	epizootiologi_c
epizootiology	28	7	138	3	epizootiolog__y
epidemiologies	20	6	229	4	epi_demiologies
epiphytologies	25	6	141	4	epiphyt_ologies
epistemologies	19	6	203	5	epi_stemologies
epizooties	21	5	244	5	epizoot_____ies
etiologies	11	3	941	5	e_____tiologies
exobiologies	22	5	440	5	e___xobiologies
microbiologies	21	6	498	5	_microbiologies
paleobiologies	19	5	490	5	_paleobiologies
pathobiologies	22	7	419	5	_pathobiologies
photobiologies	22	6	515	5	_photobiologies
proctologies	17	4	631	5	_p_roct_ologies

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	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	14	3.470	18983.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.812	46875.9