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

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

8 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
ectoparasite	16	18	191	(None)
ectoparasites	17	19	182	1	ectoparasites
ectoparasitic	19	14	160	2	ectoparasitic
endoparasite	15	6	202	2	endoparasite
endoparasites	16	6	193	3	endoparasites
endoparasitic	18	6	171	4	endoparasitic
parasite	10	3	1484	4	____parasite
semiparasite	16	6	200	4	semiparasite

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	8	6.580	18965.0
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	6.970	25637.2