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

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

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
stethoscope	18	6	363	(None)
stethoscopes	19	6	381	1	stethoscopes
statoscope	14	5	472	2	stat_oscope
stereoscope	15	5	422	2	stereoscope
stethoscopic	21	6	300	2	stethoscopic
fetoscope	16	5	526	3	_fet_oscope
nephoscope	19	5	409	3	_nephoscope
spectroscope	20	6	320	3	spectroscope
statoscopes	15	5	482	3	stat_oscopes
stereoscopes	16	5	429	3	stereoscopes
stereoscopy	18	5	300	3	stereoscopy
stroboscope	17	6	291	3	stroboscope
urethroscope	19	6	266	3	urethroscope

Search took 7 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	13	6.503	18704.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.893	25923.5