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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cochairmen” 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
cochairmen	19	5	193	(None)
cochairman	19	5	161	1	cochairman
chairmen	15	10	547	2	__chairmen
cochaired	17	4	388	2	cochair_ed
cochairwomen	24	6	103	2	cochairwomen
chainmen	15	10	526	3	__chainmen
chairman	15	10	638	3	__chairman
cochair	14	4	631	3	cochair___
cochairing	18	4	465	3	cochairing
cochairs	15	4	590	3	cochair__s
cochairwoman	24	6	98	3	cochairwoman

Search took 7 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	140603	0.410	435831.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	11	6.390	22003.6
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.800	26278.1