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

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

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.

15 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
directors	12	4	814	(None)
director	11	4	778	1	director_
directory	15	4	588	1	directory
bisectors	13	4	573	2	bisectors
codirectors	16	5	334	2	codirectors
defectors	15	23	788	2	defectors
detectors	12	27	830	2	detectors
digestors	11	25	727	2	digestors
directer	11	3	758	2	directer_
directions	13	7	964	2	directions
directories	14	4	602	2	directories
directs	10	27	1026	2	direct__s
dissectors	13	4	536	2	dissectors
erectors	10	35	1426	2	_erectors
rectors	9	35	2052	2	__rectors

Search took 5 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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.703	32794.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.109	43487.7