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

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

12 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
protozoologist	26	6	386	(None)
protozoologists	27	6	301	1	protozoologists
protozoologies	26	6	314	2	protozoologies
cryptozoologist	32	7	179	3	cryptozoologist
paleozoologist	26	6	419	3	paleozoologist
photobiologist	22	6	617	3	photobiologist
photogeologist	21	13	462	3	photogeologist
protozoology	27	6	265	3	protozoolog__y
paleozoologists	27	6	385	4	paleozoologists
photobiologists	23	6	512	4	photobiologists
photogeologists	22	17	359	4	photogeologists
proctologist	17	5	896	4	pr__octologist

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	3.403	19357.6
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.529	50635.0