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

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

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
stethoscopes	19	6	381	(None)
stethoscope	18	6	363	1	stethoscope_
statoscopes	15	5	482	2	stat_oscopes
stereoscopes	16	5	429	2	stereoscopes
stethoscopic	21	6	300	2	stethoscopic
fetoscopes	17	4	539	3	_fet_oscopes
nephoscopes	20	5	429	3	_nephoscopes
spectroscopes	21	6	339	3	spectroscopes
statoscope	14	5	472	3	stat_oscope_
stereoscope	15	5	422	3	stereoscope_
stereoscopies	17	6	346	3	stereoscopies
stroboscopes	18	6	326	3	stroboscopes
urethroscopes	20	6	282	3	urethroscopes

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	95024	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	3.923	24222.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.359	40993.6