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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nonperson” 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.

17 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
nonperson	11	6	526	(None)
nonpersons	12	8	550	1	nonpersons
nonpersonal	13	11	443	2	nonpersonal
unperson	10	4	638	2	_unperson
conversion	15	4	842	3	conversion
converso	13	3	642	3	converso_
conversos	14	4	689	3	conversos
layperson	14	4	225	3	layperson
longeron	9	4	576	3	longer_on
newsperson	15	5	249	3	newsperson
nonhero	10	5	791	3	nonher_o_
noniron	7	3	837	3	non_ir_on
nonpros	9	3	747	3	nonp_r_os
nonzero	16	4	612	3	nonzer_o_
operon	8	8	1177	3	_o_per_on
person	8	35	1787	3	___person
unpersons	11	4	685	3	_unpersons

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.623	22443.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.046	25360.6