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

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

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
orthopterist	17	6	402	(None)
orthopterists	18	6	268	1	orthopterists
orthopedist	17	6	313	2	orthop_edist
orthopters	15	10	550	2	orthopter_s_
orthoepist	15	5	358	3	ortho__epist
orthopedists	18	6	223	3	orthop_edists
orthopter	14	8	572	3	orthopter___
orthoptera	15	8	432	3	orthopter__a
orthopteran	16	10	376	3	orthopter_an
orthopterans	17	9	339	3	orthopterans
orthopteroid	18	6	255	3	orthopteroid
orthopteroids	19	6	207	3	orthopteroids
orthotist	12	4	670	3	ortho_t__ist

Search took 5 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	3.920	24240.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.312	41440.4