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

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

19 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
orthodontist	16	6	320	(None)
orthodontists	17	6	240	1	orthodontists
orthodontia	15	6	323	2	orthodonti_a
orthodontias	16	6	277	2	orthodontias
orthodontic	17	5	342	2	orthodonti_c
orthodontics	18	7	273	2	orthodontics
orthotist	12	4	670	3	orth__o_tist
prosthodontist	20	7	165	3	prosthodontist
endodontist	13	6	295	4	_endodontist
exodontist	18	5	301	4	__exodontist
oreodonts	10	4	368	4	or_eodont_s_
orthodoxes	21	5	349	4	orthodo_xes_
orthodoxies	22	5	308	4	orthodo_xies
orthoepist	15	5	358	4	orth__oepist
orthopedist	17	6	313	4	ortho_pedist
orthopterist	17	6	402	4	orthopterist
orthotists	13	4	515	4	orth__o_tists
periodontist	15	6	339	4	periodontist
prosthodontists	21	7	114	4	prosthodontists

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	19	7.203	17324.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.625	23434.9