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

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

15 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
astronomers	13	5	374	(None)
astronomer	12	5	444	1	astronomer_
aeronomers	12	4	445	2	a_eronomers
astrodomes	13	4	461	2	astrodome_s
astrologers	12	5	297	2	astrologers
astronomies	13	4	596	2	astronomies
gastronomes	14	8	379	2	gastronome_s
aeronomer	11	4	568	3	a_eronomer_
astrodome	12	5	451	3	astrodome__
astrologer	11	5	360	3	astrologer_
astronomic	14	4	560	3	astronom_ic
astronomy	14	5	463	3	astronom__y
gastronome	13	8	355	3	gastronome__
gastronomies	15	5	369	3	gastronomies
metronomes	14	4	608	3	metronome_s

Search took 6 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	5.516	22050.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.936	30102.9