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

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

16 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
periodontist	15	6	339	(None)
periodontists	16	6	254	1	periodontists
periodontics	17	6	243	2	periodontics
endodontist	13	6	295	3	_endodontist
exodontist	18	5	301	3	_e_xodontist
periodontal	14	6	316	3	periodont_al
endodontists	14	6	228	4	_endodontists
exodontists	19	5	222	4	_e_xodontists
orthodontist	16	6	320	4	orthodontist
peridotic	14	4	648	4	peri_do_ti_c
peridotite	13	5	492	4	peri_do_tite
peridots	11	3	832	4	peri_do_t_s_
periodates	13	4	786	4	period_ates_
periodontally	19	6	217	4	periodontally
periostitis	13	5	413	4	periostitis_
peritonitis	13	5	510	4	peri_tonitis_

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	0.153	1167915.0
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	7.266	17174.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.435	24033.8