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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pharmaceuticals” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

10 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
pharmaceuticals	26	10	140	(None)
pharmaceutical	25	10	186	1	pharmaceutical_
nutraceuticals	18	7	91	4	nutr_aceuticals
hermeneutical	20	6	131	5	_hermeneutical_
nutraceutical	17	7	158	5	nutr_aceutical_
paramedicals	19	14	277	5	p_ar_ame_dicals
pharmacological	27	9	354	5	pharmacological_
pharmacopeial	24	17	272	5	pharmacopei_al_
pharmacopeias	24	17	281	5	pharmacopei_a_s
practicals	16	4	554	5	p__r_ac__ticals

Search took 6 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	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	10	4.643	14187.8
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	4.999	35745.3