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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “seamstress” 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
seamstress	12	4	228	(None)
seamsters	11	3	633	2	seamst_ers
seamstresses	13	5	225	2	seamstresses
sempstress	14	5	219	2	sempstress
feastless	12	3	504	3	fea_stless
headmistress	18	6	144	3	headmistress
restress	8	25	1177	3	re__stress
scamsters	13	3	499	3	scamst_ers
seaminess	11	3	1047	3	seam_iness
seamless	10	23	872	3	seam__less
seamster	10	3	714	3	seamst_e_r
seatless	8	32	1300	3	sea__tless
seductress	13	5	225	3	seductress
songstress	11	5	241	3	songstress
teamsters	11	3	597	3	teamst_ers
temptress	13	4	313	3	te_mptress
yeastless	12	3	405	3	yea_stless

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.046	23255.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.452	27695.4