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

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

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.

14 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
arithmetic	17	5	388	(None)
arithmetics	18	5	257	1	arithmetics
arithmetical	19	6	279	2	arithmetical
aesthetic	14	9	784	3	aesth_etic
antiemetic	14	9	826	3	antiemetic
antithetic	15	4	740	3	antith_etic
apathetic	16	4	785	3	apath_etic
arithmetician	20	7	191	3	arithmetic~~ian~~
arthritic	14	4	739	3	ar_thritic
arythmic	18	4	432	3	arythm__ic
asthmatic	16	4	758	3	a_sthmatic
athletic	13	11	865	3	a__thletic
epithetic	16	6	641	3	epith_etic
prothetic	16	10	1007	3	proth_etic

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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	5.890	23871.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.326	28247.1