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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gastronomes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

17 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
gastronomes	14	8	379	(None)
gastronome	13	8	355	1	gastronome_
gastronomies	15	5	369	1	gastronomies
astrodomes	13	4	461	2	_astrodomes
astronomer	12	5	444	2	_astronomer
astronomers	13	5	374	2	_astronomers
astronomies	13	4	596	2	_astronomies
gastronomic	16	5	358	2	gastronomic
gastronomist	15	6	337	2	gastronomist
gastronomy	16	5	293	2	gastronom_y
astrodome	12	5	451	3	_astrodome_
astronomic	14	4	560	3	_astronomic
astronomy	14	5	463	3	_astronom_y
gastronomists	16	6	269	3	gastronomists
gastropods	14	5	370	3	gastropo_ds
gastroscopes	17	10	468	3	gastroscopes
metronomes	14	4	608	3	_metronomes

Search took 6 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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	5.266	23097.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.672	31504.1