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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “secretaryships” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
secretaryships	24	10	107	(None)
secretaryship	23	10	113	1	secretaryship_
secretaries	13	4	542	4	secretar___ies
suretyships	19	13	243	4	s_uret__yships
lectureships	19	6	196	5	lec__tureships
rectorships	18	5	552	5	rec__tor_ships
scholarships	22	6	222	5	s_cholar_ships
secretarial	13	5	372	5	secretar___ial
secretariat	13	5	455	5	secretar___iat
secretariats	14	5	256	5	secretar__iats
secretary	14	4	420	5	secretary_____
secretories	13	4	594	5	secretor___ies
senatorships	17	5	435	5	se_nator_ships
spectatorships	23	7	227	5	spectator_ships
starships	14	4	766	5	s____tar_ships
stewardships	21	6	157	5	s__tewardships
suretyship	18	12	233	5	s_uret__yship_

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	17	6.420	14801.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.796	26293.6