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

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

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.

20 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
manageress	13	4	357	(None)
manageresses	15	5	221	2	manageresses
managers	11	29	1100	2	manager__s
anageneses	11	4	559	3	_anageneses
anagenesis	11	4	537	3	_anagenesis
angerless	10	4	502	3	_an_gerless
management	15	4	671	3	management
managements	16	5	531	3	managements
manager	10	34	1358	3	manager___
managerial	13	5	425	3	managerial
manages	10	34	1896	3	manag__e_s
manatees	10	3	1042	3	manate_e_s
maneless	10	28	1234	3	man__eless
mangers	10	35	2126	3	man_ger__s
manginess	12	20	1041	3	man_giness
mannerless	12	4	352	3	man_nerless
meagerness	13	4	418	3	m_eagerness
menageries	13	4	585	3	menageries
savageness	14	4	406	3	savageness
tanagers	9	25	900	3	tanager__s

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	5.813	24187.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.249	28595.1