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

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

16 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
confirmand	18	5	322	(None)
confirmands	19	5	285	1	confirmands
confirmed	17	4	556	2	confirm_ed
confirming	18	4	590	2	confirming
conferment	17	4	1037	3	conferment
confidant	15	4	762	3	confi_dant
confirm	14	3	736	3	confirm___
confirmable	20	6	418	3	confirmable
confirmer	16	6	566	3	confirm_er
confirmers	17	4	496	3	confirmers
confirms	15	3	630	3	confirm__s
conformal	16	9	627	3	conforma_l
conformance	20	11	447	3	conformance
conformed	17	6	746	3	conform_ed
conforming	18	4	737	3	conforming
countermand	16	4	712	3	countermand

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.296	22332.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.718	26598.8