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

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

12 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
osteoblasts	13	6	321	(None)
osteoblast	12	7	380	1	osteoblast_
osteoclasts	13	7	279	1	osteoclasts
osteoblastic	16	6	299	2	osteoblastic
osteoclast	12	6	372	2	osteoclast_
osteoplasty	16	5	250	2	osteoplasty
ectoblasts	14	5	403	3	ect_oblasts
entoblasts	12	5	475	3	ent_oblasts
osteoclastic	16	6	324	3	osteoclastic
osteoplastic	16	5	377	3	osteoplastic
osteoplasties	15	6	224	3	osteoplasties
statoblasts	13	5	316	3	_statoblasts

Search took 9 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	0.796	224486.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	8.000	15204.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.033	363.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.829	20239.1