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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “observatories” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
observatories	18	6	167	(None)
conservatories	19	6	254	2	conservatories
conservatoires	19	6	218	3	conservatoires
observatory	19	5	261	3	observator__y
conservatoire	18	6	276	4	conservatoire_
conservatorial	19	7	224	4	conservatorial
conservators	17	5	597	4	conservator__s
observables	18	5	201	4	observa__bles
observances	18	11	383	4	observa__nces
observation	16	6	506	4	observat__ion
observations	17	8	501	4	observat_ions
offertories	17	5	265	4	offer__tories
oratories	9	4	1065	4	o___r_atories
overstories	14	4	714	4	o_ver_stories

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	4.876	19488.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.249	34042.9