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

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

13 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
cochairwomen	24	6	103	(None)
cochairwoman	24	6	98	1	cochairwoman
chairwomen	20	5	250	2	__chairwomen
cochairmen	19	5	193	2	cochair__men
chairwoman	20	5	271	3	__chairwoman
charwomen	19	4	459	3	__cha_rwomen
cochairman	19	5	161	3	cochair__man
airwomen	13	4	482	4	____airwomen
anchorwomen	21	6	169	4	anch_orwomen
chairmen	15	10	547	4	__chair__men
charwoman	19	4	467	4	__cha_rwoman
cochaired	17	4	388	4	cochair___ed
councilwomen	21	6	108	4	councilwomen

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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	6.280	19871.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.702	26662.3