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

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

14 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
metallographic	24	6	241	(None)
metallographer	22	6	233	2	metallographer
metallographies	23	6	240	2	metallographies
metallography	24	6	294	2	metallograph_y
allographic	19	4	743	3	___allographic
metallographers	23	7	184	3	metallographers
calligraphic	22	5	287	4	__calligraphic
ethnographic	23	5	531	4	_et_hnographic
heliographic	23	5	694	4	he__liographic
mammographic	23	5	418	4	m__ammographic
metamorphic	22	5	502	4	meta_mo_r_phic
oscillographic	24	8	198	4	oscillographic
paleographic	22	7	655	4	__paleographic
petrographic	22	7	802	4	pet__rographic

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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	14	3.310	19901.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.639	49104.4