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

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

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.

13 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
semioticist	15	9	518	(None)
semioticists	16	8	332	1	semioticists
semanticist	15	6	532	2	semanticist
semiotician	15	5	390	2	semiotician
semiotics	13	7	691	2	semiotic_s_
eroticist	11	7	1207	3	_e_roticist
exoticist	18	8	799	3	_e_xoticist
semanticists	16	5	397	3	semanticists
semeiotics	14	7	288	3	semeiotic_s_
semiologist	14	4	1071	3	semiologist
semiotic	12	7	1062	3	semiotic___
semioticians	16	5	295	3	semioticians
semitist	10	4	1332	3	semi_t__ist

Search took 7 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	121633	0.186	960704.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	13	6.016	20218.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.218	28737.7