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

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

12 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
paleoecologist	19	11	472	(None)
paleoecologists	20	12	417	1	paleoecologists
paleobiologist	19	15	634	2	paleobiologist
paleoecologic	20	6	332	2	paleoecologi_c
paleoecologies	19	6	355	2	paleoecologies
paleontologist	17	6	514	2	paleontologist
paleozoologist	26	6	419	2	paleozoologist
paleobiologists	20	11	573	3	paleobiologists
paleoecological	22	6	355	3	paleoecological
paleoecology	20	6	299	3	paleoecolog__y
paleontologists	18	8	452	3	paleontologists
paleozoologists	27	6	385	3	paleozoologists

Search took 3 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	43548	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	12	1.810	24059.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.139	83539.5