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

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

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
metallographies	23	6	240	(None)
metallographer	22	6	233	2	metallograph_er
metallographers	23	7	184	2	metallographers
metallographic	24	6	241	2	metallographi_c
metallography	24	6	294	3	metallograph__y
calligraphies	21	5	319	4	__calligraphies
ethnographies	22	5	493	4	_et_hnographies
mammographies	22	5	356	4	m__ammographies
mythographies	27	5	455	4	myt__hographies
oscillographies	23	8	177	4	oscillographies
paleographies	21	5	573	4	__paleographies
petrographies	21	5	714	4	pet__rographies
stylographies	22	5	435	4	_st_ylographies

Search took 3 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	43548	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	13	2.250	19354.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	2.343	76265.9