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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bacteriologist” 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
bacteriologist	19	6	370	(None)
bacteriologists	20	6	325	1	bacteriologists
bacteriologic	20	6	235	2	bacteriologi_c
bacteriologies	19	5	283	2	bacteriologies
bacteriological	22	8	287	3	bacteriological
bacteriology	20	5	289	3	bacteriolog__y
bacteriolysis	20	6	181	3	bacteriolysis_
bacteriolyses	20	6	183	4	bacteriolyses_
bacteriolytic	22	6	165	4	bacteriolyti_c
ecclesiologist	19	6	260	4	ecclesiologist
malariologist	16	9	392	4	ma_lariologist
martyrologist	19	5	332	4	martyr_ologist
pteridologist	17	14	460	4	__pteridologist
watercolorist	18	18	254	4	wa_tercolorist

Search took 5 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	14	3.720	17708.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.080	43796.8