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

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

9 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
metallurgical	18	7	153	(None)
metallurgically	23	7	130	2	metallurgically
metallurgies	15	6	193	3	metallurgi_es
metallurgist	15	6	178	3	metallurgi_st
metallurgists	16	6	137	3	metallurgists
metalloidal	14	5	277	4	metall__oidal
metallurgy	16	5	179	4	metallurg___y
metaphorical	21	6	351	4	metaphor_ical
metrological	17	4	837	4	metrol_ogical

Search took 6 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	95024	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	9	5.500	17277.1
3	Display Results	9	9	0.016	562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	5.642	31671.6