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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “periodontally” 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
periodontally	19	6	217	(None)
periodontal	14	6	316	2	periodonta_l_
periodically	20	4	759	3	period_ically
periodontology	21	7	109	3	periodontology
peritoneally	17	5	323	3	peri_toneally
aperiodically	21	5	419	4	aperiod_ically
horizontally	27	6	194	4	hori_zontally
meridionally	18	5	285	4	meridion_ally
perinatally	16	5	344	4	peri__natally
periodontics	17	6	243	4	periodont_ics
periodontist	15	6	339	4	periodont_ist
periodontists	16	6	254	4	periodontists
personally	15	4	694	4	per__son_ally

Search took 10 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	0.563	317390.8
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	9.030	10523.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.609	18596.2