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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nondepartmental” 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
nondepartmental	20	7	135	(None)
departmental	17	6	276	3	___departmental
compartmental	21	6	248	4	co__mpartmental
nonexperimental	26	7	176	4	nonexperimental
apartmental	15	5	283	5	____apartmental
department	15	4	681	5	___department__
departmentally	22	7	184	5	___departmentally
departments	16	4	579	5	___department_s
nongovernmental	21	8	169	5	nongovernmental
noninstrumental	17	13	184	5	noninstrumental
subdepartment	20	6	127	5	subdepartment__
subdepartments	21	8	116	5	subdepartment_s

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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	3.780	17427.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.126	43308.5