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

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

11 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
archbishopric	27	12	96	(None)
archbishoprics	28	17	77	1	archbishoprics
archbishop	22	6	132	3	archbishop___
archbishops	23	6	126	3	archbishop__s
bishopric	18	5	206	4	____bishopric
ahistoric	14	6	624	5	a__h_isto_ric
archaistic	17	4	507	5	archais___tic
archesporia	18	6	248	5	arch_espo_ria
arthroscopic	21	6	399	5	arthroscop_ic
bishoprics	19	5	148	5	____bishoprics
prehistoric	18	9	415	5	preh_isto_ric

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	0.533	335255.2
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	8.686	14366.8
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	9.219	19382.9