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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “paleontologiet” 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
paleontologies	17	10	388	1	paleontologies
paleontologist	17	6	514	1	paleontologist
paleontologic	18	6	369	2	paleontologi_c
paleontologists	18	8	452	2	paleontologists
paleobiologies	19	5	490	3	paleobiologies
paleobiologist	19	15	634	3	paleobiologist
paleoecologies	19	6	355	3	paleoecologies
paleoecologist	19	11	472	3	paleoecologist
paleontological	20	6	384	3	paleontological
paleontology	18	5	330	3	paleontolog__y
paleozoologies	26	6	318	3	paleozoologies
paleozoologist	26	6	419	3	paleozoologist

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	0.300	595636.7
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	12	1.716	25377.6
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.032	87938.5