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

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

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
pteridology	18	5	259	(None)
iridology	14	4	380	3	__iridology
pedology	15	21	690	3	p_e__dology
petrology	15	4	733	3	petr__ology
pteridologies	17	6	293	3	pteridologies
pteridologist	17	14	460	3	pteridologist
soteriology	15	5	327	3	soteri_ology
stereology	14	4	478	3	ster_eology
teratology	14	4	529	3	_teratology
terminology	17	5	320	3	_terminology
tribology	15	4	512	3	_t_ribology

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	121633	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	11	5.580	21798.0
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	5.969	29936.5