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

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

10 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
protectorship	22	6	295	(None)
protectorships	23	6	287	1	protectorships
proctorship	20	16	482	2	pro__ctorship
praetorship	18	5	465	3	pr_ae_torship
precentorship	22	6	248	3	precentorship
preceptorship	21	6	244	3	preceptorship
proctorships	21	15	462	3	pro__ctorships
professorship	23	11	264	3	professorship
protectors	14	20	1014	3	protectors___
rectorship	17	5	543	3	_r__ectorship

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	65874	0.906	197230.7
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	10	6.560	10041.8
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	7.466	23934.0