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

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

18 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
geotechnical	20	8	238	(None)
biotechnical	21	6	286	2	biotechnical
zootechnical	28	6	195	2	zootechnical
nontechnical	19	6	352	3	nontechnical
pyrotechnical	25	6	243	3	pyrotechnical
technical	16	4	605	3	___technical
untechnical	18	5	321	3	_untechnical
biomechanical	24	6	233	4	biomechanical
ethnical	13	4	636	4	_e_t__hnical
geobotanical	17	11	188	4	geobotanical
geochemical	21	5	452	4	geo__chemical
geodetical	14	5	444	4	geode__tical
geometrical	16	5	539	4	geome_trical
geotectonic	16	5	212	4	geotectonic__
geotectonically	23	11	160	4	geotectonically
petechial	16	4	409	4	pe_tech_i_al
technicals	17	5	395	4	___technicals
zootechnics	27	6	141	4	zootechnic_s

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	18	7.563	16500.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.969	22423.3