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

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

18 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
stratigraphy	21	6	261	(None)
stratigraphic	21	6	219	2	stratigraphic
biostratigraphy	26	13	70	3	~~bio~~stratigraphy
scintigraphy	23	6	199	3	scintigraphy
serigraphy	19	5	456	3	ser__igraphy
stratigraphies	20	6	201	3	stratigraphies
aortography	20	4	640	4	aor_tography
cartography	22	4	678	4	car_tography
radiography	21	6	594	4	__radiography
serigraph	15	4	548	4	ser__igraph_
serigraphs	16	4	543	4	ser__igraphs
stenography	20	4	560	4	st_enography
stereography	21	5	497	4	stereography
stratocracy	18	6	235	4	stratocra_cy
stylography	23	5	453	4	st_ylography
trigraph	14	4	570	4	_tr__igraph_
trigraphs	15	4	539	4	_tr__igraphs
uranography	20	5	418	4	_uranography

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	18	7.580	16463.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.983	22383.9