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

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

18 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
iconographers	21	5	363	(None)
iconographer	20	5	489	1	iconographer_
iconographies	21	5	505	2	iconographies
phonographers	24	6	579	2	phonographers
scenographers	21	7	362	2	scenographers
chorographers	24	10	612	3	chorographers
cosmographers	23	5	359	3	_cosmographers
ethnographers	22	9	358	3	ethnographers
holographers	21	6	622	3	_holographers
iconographic	22	5	561	3	iconograph_ic
iconography	22	4	545	3	iconograph__y
oceanographers	22	6	229	3	oceanographers
phonographer	23	4	786	3	phonographer_
photographers	24	5	716	3	photographers
pornographers	21	6	448	3	pornographers
scenographer	20	6	469	3	scenographer_
stenographers	19	10	409	3	stenographers
topographers	20	5	507	3	_topographers

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	65874	0.203	880251.2
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	18	5.670	11618.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.889	30343.2