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

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

8 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
ethnographical	25	6	321	(None)
ethnographic	23	5	531	2	ethnographic__
ethnographies	22	5	493	3	ethnographi_es
iconographical	24	6	328	3	iconographical
orthographical	25	6	305	3	orth_ographical
petrographical	24	6	389	3	pet_rographical
topographical	23	5	421	3	_topographical
typographical	26	6	389	3	_typographical

Search took 2 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	43548	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	8	1.516	28725.6
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	1.796	99493.9