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

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

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
diffractometers	26	7	144	(None)
diffractometer	25	7	145	1	diffractometer_
diffractometry	28	7	141	2	diffractomet_ry
diffractometric	28	8	140	3	diffractometric
refractometers	21	8	232	3	_refractometers
dilatometers	15	5	311	4	di__la_tometers
olfactometers	20	14	201	4	_olf_actometers
refractometer	20	7	249	4	_refractometer_
dilatometer	14	5	326	5	di__la_tometer_
olfactometer	19	16	215	5	_olf_actometer_
reflectometers	21	14	287	5	_reflectometers
refractometry	23	6	231	5	_refractomet_ry

Search took 4 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	65874	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	3.563	18488.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.905	45759.5