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

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

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
periodontists	16	6	254	(None)
periodontist	15	6	339	1	periodontist_
periodontics	17	6	243	2	periodonti_cs
endodontists	14	6	228	3	_endodontists
exodontists	19	5	222	3	_e_xodontists
endodontist	13	6	295	4	_endodontist_
exodontist	18	5	301	4	_e_xodontist_
orthodontists	17	6	240	4	orthodontists
peridotite	13	5	492	4	peri_do_ti_te
peridotites	14	5	425	4	peri_do_tites
periodontal	14	6	316	4	periodont__al
periodontally	19	6	217	4	periodontally
periostitises	15	5	312	4	periostitises
peritonitises	15	7	332	4	peri_tonitises

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	5.783	16431.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.906	30255.8