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

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

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.

12 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
needlewoman	17	6	137	(None)
needlewomen	17	6	173	1	needlewomen
gentlewoman	17	8	147	3	gentlewoman
needlework	18	5	146	3	needlewo_rk
needleworks	19	5	149	3	needleworks
noblewoman	17	5	203	3	n_oblewoman
freedwoman	19	5	175	4	freed__woman
gentlewomen	17	6	162	4	gentlewomen
needlepoint	14	7	155	4	needlepoint
needleworker	20	6	96	4	needleworker
newswoman	17	5	274	4	n_e_wswoman
noblewomen	17	5	250	4	n_oblewomen

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	12	8.733	17041.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	9.172	19482.2