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

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

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
schoolmates	18	5	364	(None)
schoolmate	17	5	333	1	schoolmate_
schoolmarms	20	5	180	2	schoolmarms
schoolmaster	19	6	214	2	schoolmaster
schoolmasters	20	6	197	2	schoolmasters
chocolates	17	4	678	3	_chocol_ates
cholates	13	24	1476	3	_ch_ol_ates
chromates	16	3	1311	3	_chro_mates
schoolbags	18	5	214	3	schoolba_gs
schoolman	16	4	299	3	schoolma__n
schoolmarm	19	5	197	3	schoolma_rm
schoolmen	16	4	347	3	schoolm__en
schooltimes	18	5	260	3	schooltimes
soulmates	11	4	707	3	s__oulmates

Search took 6 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	121633	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	5.063	24023.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.452	32775.3