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

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

17 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
cheerleaders	18	5	155	(None)
cheerleader	17	5	184	1	cheerleader_
cheerleads	16	9	251	2	cheerlead__s
cheerlead	15	9	300	3	cheerlead___
cheerleading	19	5	161	3	cheerleading
cheerers	13	31	954	4	cheer____ers
cheerled	14	10	570	4	cheerle_d___
cheerless	14	9	529	4	cheerl___ess
cheerlessness	18	5	370	4	cheerlessness
coleaders	12	3	782	4	c___oleaders
copyreaders	19	5	222	4	copyr_eaders
fairleaders	15	5	177	4	_fairleaders
freeloaders	15	6	218	4	free_loaders
interpleaders	16	5	266	4	interpleaders
repleaders	13	4	402	4	__repleaders
sheepherders	21	8	163	4	sheepherders
threaders	13	6	574	4	th__r_eaders

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	124790	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	17	7.330	17024.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.486	23870.0