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

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

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
xylophonist	26	5	336	(None)
xylophonists	27	6	219	1	xylophonists
xylophones	25	4	450	2	xylophones_
saxophonist	23	7	297	3	saxophonist
symphonist	20	13	591	3	sy_mphonist
telephonist	16	9	496	3	telephonist
xylophone	24	4	440	3	xylophon__e
allophones	15	4	622	4	allophones_
allophonic	17	5	470	4	allophoni_c
colophonies	18	5	563	4	colophonies
colophons	16	4	699	4	colophon_s_
hylozoist	24	5	384	4	hylo_zo_ist
mycophagist	24	5	336	4	mycophagist
saxophonists	24	6	203	4	saxophonists
symphonists	21	9	448	4	sy_mphonists
telephonists	17	9	331	4	telephonists
xylophages	26	5	323	4	xylophages_

Search took 8 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	17	7.546	19721.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.982	22386.7