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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spokespersons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

16 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
spokespersons	21	7	117	(None)
spokesperson	20	6	124	1	spokesperson_
salespersons	14	6	191	3	s_alespersons
housepersons	17	6	207	4	_housepersons
salesperson	13	5	190	4	s_alesperson_
superpersons	16	5	462	4	s_uperpersons
craftspersons	20	6	135	5	craftspersons
draftspersons	19	7	108	5	draftspersons
houseperson	16	5	208	5	_houseperson_
newspersons	16	5	230	5	__newspersons
nonpersons	12	8	550	5	_no__npersons
postseasons	13	5	237	5	_posts_easons
preseasons	12	4	405	5	_p_res_easons
spokesmen	17	4	254	5	spokesme___n_
spokespeople	19	7	77	5	spokespe_ople
superperson	15	5	459	5	s_uperperson_

Search took 10 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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	8.766	14235.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	9.172	19482.2