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

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

11 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
microbiologist	21	13	549	(None)
microbiologists	22	13	481	1	microbiologists
microbiologic	22	6	451	2	microbiologi_c
microbiologies	21	6	498	2	microbiologies
astrobiologist	17	8	419	3	astrobiologist
cryobiologist	21	5	452	3	__cryobiologist
hydrobiologist	24	20	450	3	hydrobiologist
microbiological	24	6	433	3	microbiological
microbiology	22	6	377	3	microbiolog__y
neurobiologist	17	12	492	3	neurobiologist
sociobiologist	19	6	404	3	sociobiologist

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	43548	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	11	6.283	6931.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.030	366.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.486	27550.3