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

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

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
appointees	14	5	304	(None)
appointee	13	4	500	1	appointee_
appointers	14	4	376	1	appointers
appointed	14	4	480	2	appoint_ed
appointer	13	5	442	2	appoint_er
appointors	14	6	285	2	appointors
appoints	12	8	640	2	appoint__s
anointers	9	3	700	3	a_nointers
appoint	11	6	1248	3	appoint___
appointing	15	4	532	3	appointing
appointive	17	9	380	3	appointive
appointment	17	5	349	3	appointment
appointments	18	6	315	3	appointments
appointor	13	4	289	3	appoint_or
pointers	10	30	1372	3	__pointers
pointes	9	32	1675	3	__point_es

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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	5.470	25704.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.890	30338.0