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

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

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
photomechanical	29	7	189	(None)
biomechanical	24	6	233	4	__biomechanical
hydromechanical	31	8	161	4	hydromechanical
nonmechanical	22	7	302	4	_no_nmechanical
photochemical	27	12	498	4	photo__chemical
biotechnical	21	6	286	5	biot__ech_nical
geotechnical	20	8	238	5	geot__ech_nical
mechanical	19	11	573	5	_____mechanical
photogeological	24	6	310	5	photogeological
phytochemical	30	16	425	5	phyto__chemical
pyrotechnical	25	6	243	5	p_yrotech_nical
zootechnical	28	6	195	5	_zo_otech_nical

Search took 4 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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	3.593	18334.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.922	45561.2