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

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

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
sympathetic	23	5	362	(None)
sympathetics	24	6	276	1	sympathetics
empathetic	19	5	429	2	_empathetic
unsympathetic	25	7	120	2	unsympathetic
apathetic	16	4	785	3	__apathetic
nymphetic	21	4	477	3	nymp__hetic
pathetic	15	4	1096	3	___pathetic
sympathin	19	5	386	3	sympath__in
sympatholytic	28	6	188	3	sympatholytic
sympatric	18	6	444	3	sympat__ric
synesthetic	19	5	356	3	synesthetic
synthetic	17	4	662	3	sy__nthetic

Search took 5 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	4.406	27606.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.559	39195.2