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

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

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.

14 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
northwesters	18	5	275	(None)
northwester	17	5	277	1	northwester_
northwestern	18	6	221	1	northwestern
northeasters	15	5	339	2	northeasters
northwesterly	22	7	158	2	northwesterly
northwests	16	5	287	2	northwest__s
southwesters	18	6	237	2	southwesters
northeaster	14	5	352	3	northeaster_
northeastern	15	6	262	3	northeastern
northwest	15	4	467	3	northwest___
northwestward	23	7	129	3	northwestward
northwestwards	24	7	110	3	northwestwards
southwester	17	8	251	3	southwester_
southwestern	18	7	198	3	southwestern

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	95024	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	4.093	23216.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.482	39868.6