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

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

12 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
discouragements	21	18	281	(None)
discouragement	20	16	292	1	discouragement_
disparagements	20	6	348	3	dis_paragements
encouragements	19	6	217	3	_encouragements
disarrangements	19	7	270	4	dis_arrangements
disbursements	18	5	391	4	dis_bur_sements
discouragers	16	5	232	4	discourag__e_rs
discourages	15	5	438	4	discourag__e__s
disengagements	19	16	342	4	dis_engagements
dislodgements	18	10	345	4	dislo__dgements
disparagement	19	6	379	4	dis_paragement_
encouragement	18	6	260	4	_encouragement_

Search took 3 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	43548	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	12	2.626	16583.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.919	61216.5