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

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

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
metallographers	23	7	184	(None)
metallographer	22	6	233	1	metallographer_
metallographies	23	6	240	2	metallographies
metallographic	24	6	241	3	metallograph_ic
metallography	24	6	294	3	metallograph__y
calligraphers	21	6	222	4	__calligraphers
ethnographers	22	9	358	4	_et_hnographers
mythographers	27	9	363	4	myt__hographers
paleographers	21	11	424	4	__paleographers
petrographers	21	5	507	4	pet__rographers

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	43548	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	10	1.953	22298.0
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	2.249	79453.5