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

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

10 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
ophthalmologist	26	10	178	(None)
ophthalmologic	27	7	154	2	ophthalmologi_c
ophthalmologies	26	7	160	2	ophthalmologies
ophthalmology	27	6	166	3	ophthalmolog__y
ichthyologist	25	6	278	5	ichth__yologist
ophthalmoscopes	29	31	203	5	ophthalmoscopes_
ophthalmoscopic	31	8	146	5	ophthalmoscopi_c
pathologist	17	4	1066	5	_path___ologist
philologist	17	6	843	5	_p__hil_ologist
phraseologist	19	5	419	5	_ph_raseologist

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	10	3.390	19431.9
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.750	47650.9