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

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

12 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
biathletes	15	5	269	(None)
biathlete	14	4	279	1	biathlete_
athletes	11	5	788	2	__athletes
triathletes	14	7	228	2	triathletes
athlete	10	6	808	3	__athlete_
bathless	13	12	738	3	b_athle_ss
biathlons	14	10	333	3	biathl_ons
birthrates	15	4	502	3	birthrates
decathletes	17	5	235	3	decathletes
diatheses	13	4	589	3	diath_eses
nonathletes	14	5	319	3	nonathletes
triathlete	13	5	264	3	triathlete_

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	6.283	22378.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.703	26658.4