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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “instructorships” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

13 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
instructorships	22	7	134	(None)
instructorship	21	7	138	1	instructorship_
inspectorships	23	8	196	3	ins_pectorships
inspectorship	22	7	188	4	ins_pectorship_
instructors	13	5	538	4	instructor____s
directorships	21	6	297	5	__directorships
instructor	12	5	516	5	instructor_____
instructress	14	5	289	5	instruct_r__ess
instructresses	16	9	175	5	instruct_resses
proctorships	21	15	462	5	___proctorships
protectorships	23	6	287	5	prot_ectorships
rectorships	18	5	552	5	____rectorships
tutorships	15	5	491	5	___t_u_torships

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	65874	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	13	4.470	14736.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.830	36996.1