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

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

19 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
steelworkers	19	6	166	(None)
steelworker	18	5	175	1	steelworker_
steelworks	17	4	354	2	steelwork__s
metalworkers	21	6	156	3	metalworkers
steelmakers	17	5	264	3	steel_makers
steelwork	16	4	355	3	steelwork___
caseworkers	20	5	246	4	case_workers
metalworker	20	5	168	4	metalworker_
needleworkers	21	7	88	4	needleworkers
networkers	17	4	263	4	__networkers
pieceworkers	23	6	123	4	pieceworkers
shellworks	20	4	314	4	shellwork__s
sleepwalkers	21	8	169	4	sleepwalkers
steelmaker	16	5	282	4	steel_maker_
steerers	8	25	1135	4	stee___r_ers
streetwalkers	20	6	170	4	streetwalkers
timeworkers	20	5	195	4	_timeworkers
wageworkers	22	7	195	4	wage_workers
wheelworks	23	5	297	4	wheelwork__s

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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	19	6.686	18664.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.108	25139.4