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

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

15 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
photogeologist	21	13	467	(None)
photogeologists	22	17	364	1	photogeologists
photobiologist	22	6	622	2	photobiologist
photogeologic	22	6	373	2	photogeologi_c
photogeologies	21	6	389	2	photogeologies
photobiologists	23	6	517	3	photobiologists
photogeological	24	6	310	3	photogeological
photogeology	22	6	330	3	photogeolog__y
protozoologist	26	6	388	3	protozoologist
phenomenologist	23	8	268	4	phenomenologist
phonologist	17	4	1156	4	ph__o_nologist
photobiologic	23	6	520	4	photobiologi_c
photobiologies	22	6	515	4	photobiologies
phraseologist	19	5	419	4	ph_raseologist
protozoologists	27	6	303	4	protozoologists

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	65874	0.640	279204.7
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	15	3.940	16719.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.596	38879.7