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

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

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
hagiographers	23	5	374	(None)
hagiographer	22	5	501	1	hagiographer_
hagiographies	23	5	492	2	hagiographies
biographers	19	15	511	3	__biographers
cartographers	21	9	446	3	cartographers
geographers	18	5	478	3	__geographers
hagiographic	24	9	572	3	hagiograph_ic
hagiography	24	4	550	3	hagiograph__y
holographers	21	6	622	3	h_olographers
hydrographers	26	5	416	3	hydrographers
paleographers	21	11	424	3	paleographers
physiographers	28	6	340	3	physiographers

Search took 3 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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	2.436	27041.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.779	64300.5