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

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

13 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
geophysicist	23	12	227	(None)
geophysicists	24	12	187	1	geophysicists
biophysicist	24	10	216	2	biophysicist
geophysics	21	5	349	2	geophysic_s_
biophysicists	25	9	171	3	biophysicists
geophysical	22	5	328	3	geophysic_al
physicist	19	5	518	3	___physicist
astrophysicist	24	7	198	4	astrophysicist
biophysics	22	5	350	4	biophysic_s_
geophysically	27	6	323	4	geophysically
geophytic	20	4	581	4	geophytic___
neoplasticist	17	6	279	4	neoplasticist
physicists	20	5	392	4	___physicists

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	6.593	18927.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.999	25530.9