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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lepidopterologya” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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
lepidopterology	24	9	95	1	lepidopterology_
lepidoptera	16	6	176	5	lepidopter_____a
lepidopterous	18	7	136	5	lepidopter__o_us
epistemology	20	6	188	6	_epi__stemology_
epizootiology	28	7	138	6	_epizoot_iology_
lepidopteran	17	6	188	6	lepidopter____an
lepidopterans	18	7	155	6	lepidopter___ans
lepidopterist	18	7	155	6	lepidopter___ist
lepidopterists	19	7	103	6	lepidopter__ists
epidemiology	21	6	196	7	_epid__emiology_
epiphytology	26	6	171	7	_epi__phytology_
epizootiologic	28	7	113	7	_epizoot_iologic
periodontology	21	7	109	7	periodont__ology_

Search took 10 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	8.936	10633.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.312	19189.3