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

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

17 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
psychosurgery	27	7	188	(None)
psychosurgeon	24	7	192	2	psychosurgeon
psychosurgeons	25	7	172	3	psychosurgeons
psychosurgeries	26	7	186	3	psychosurgeries
cryosurgery	20	7	132	4	cry__osurgery
microsurgery	20	6	255	4	_microsurgery
psychosurgical	27	7	230	4	psychosurgical
chemosurgery	23	6	122	5	_chemosurgery
electrosurgery	20	7	179	5	electrosurgery
neurosurgery	16	10	146	5	_neurosurgery
presurgery	16	4	278	5	p___resurgery
psychohistory	29	7	228	5	psychohistory
psychology	24	9	553	5	psycho_log__y
psychometry	26	5	427	5	psycho__metry
psychoses	19	4	668	5	psychos___e_s
scourger	11	3	472	5	_s_c_o_urger_
scourgers	12	3	438	5	_s_c_o_urgers

Search took 10 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	17	9.346	13352.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	9.749	18329.2