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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “confirmands” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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54 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
confirmands	19	5	285	(None)
confirmand	18	5	322	1	confirmand_
conferments	18	4	832	3	conferments
confidants	16	4	481	3	confi_dants
confirmable	20	6	418	3	confirmable
confirmed	17	4	556	3	confirm_ed_
confirmers	17	4	496	3	confirm_ers
confirming	18	4	590	3	confirmin_g
confirms	15	3	630	3	confirm___s
conformance	20	11	447	3	conformance
conformances	21	10	409	3	conformances
countermands	17	4	623	3	countermands
affirmants	18	5	276	4	_affirmants
chairmans	16	8	514	4	c_hairman_s
commands	15	31	882	4	co___mmands
condiments	15	4	819	4	condi_ments
conelrads	12	4	426	4	conelr_a_ds
conferment	17	4	1037	4	confermen_t
conferrals	15	4	541	4	conferra_ls
confervas	17	4	482	4	conferva__s
confidant	15	4	762	4	confi_dan_t
confidante	16	4	488	4	confi_dante
confidantes	17	5	414	4	confi_dantes
confinements	19	5	494	4	confinements
confines	13	3	1565	4	confi___nes
confirm	14	3	736	4	confirm____
confirmation	19	4	618	4	confirmation
confirmations	20	5	567	4	confirmations
confirmatory	22	5	357	4	confirmatory
confirmedly	22	5	195	4	confirmedly
confirmedness	21	6	249	4	confirmedness
confirmer	16	6	566	4	confirm__er
confiscates	18	5	404	4	confiscates
conformable	20	8	498	4	conformable
conformably	23	7	411	4	conformably
conformal	16	9	627	4	conforma__l
conformed	17	6	746	4	conform_ed_
conformers	17	4	655	4	conform_ers
conforming	18	4	737	4	conformin_g
conformisms	20	5	300	4	conformisms
conformists	18	5	418	4	conformists
conforms	15	3	887	4	conform___s
confounds	15	4	432	4	conf__ounds
confronts	14	4	706	4	conf_r_onts
continuants	13	12	532	4	continuants
contrabands	16	5	298	4	contrabands
countermand	16	4	712	4	countermand_
firmans	12	23	852	4	___firman_s
gormands	12	6	656	4	go___rmands
gourmands	13	4	331	4	go__urmands
honorands	13	4	502	4	hon_or_ands
informants	15	4	463	4	_informants
nondemands	14	5	359	4	non_demands
wonderlands	16	5	220	4	wonderlands

Search took 10 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	54	9.030	16480.5
3	Display Results	54	54	0.033	1636.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	54	9.483	18843.3