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

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

11 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
metallurgist	15	6	178	(None)
metallurgists	16	6	137	1	metallurgists
metallurgies	15	6	193	2	metallurgies
metallist	11	5	967	3	metall___ist
metallurgical	18	7	153	3	metallurgical
metallurgy	16	5	179	3	metallurg__y
allergist	10	4	684	4	___allergist
medallist	12	4	664	4	medall___ist
metalist	10	5	1935	4	meta_l___ist
metallists	12	6	671	4	metall___ists
metrologist	14	5	1122	4	metrol_ogist

Search took 8 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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	6.843	18236.2
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.236	24694.7