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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “metallographer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

10 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
metallographer	22	6	233	(None)
metallographers	23	7	184	1	metallographers
metallographic	24	6	241	2	metallographic
metallographies	23	6	240	2	metallographies
metallography	24	6	294	2	metallograph_y
calligrapher	20	5	258	4	__calligrapher
ethnographer	21	8	478	4	_et_hnographer
mythographer	26	12	451	4	myt__hographer
paleographer	20	11	573	4	__paleographer
petrographer	20	5	728	4	pet__rographer

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	10	3.640	18097.3
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.966	45055.7