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

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

13 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
obscurantism	18	6	130	(None)
obscurantisms	19	6	115	1	obscurantisms
obscurantist	16	6	161	1	obscurantist
obscurantic	17	6	138	2	obscuranti_c
obscurantists	17	6	114	2	obscurantists
obscurants	14	17	302	2	obscurant_s_
obscurant	13	12	418	3	obscurant___
obscuration	15	4	440	3	obscura_tion
pococurantism	21	8	136	3	pococurantism
obscurations	16	4	402	4	obscura_tions
obscureness	15	5	269	4	obscuren_ess
obscurities	15	5	321	4	obscur_ities
pococurantisms	22	10	126	4	pococurantisms

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	6.813	18316.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.216	24763.2