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

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

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
handypersons	21	6	135	(None)
handyperson	20	6	133	1	handyperson_
laypersons	15	5	229	3	la__ypersons
chairpersons	19	6	153	4	cha_irpersons
handpress	15	4	403	4	hand_pres__s
handpresses	17	5	365	4	hand_presses
housepersons	17	6	207	4	housepersons
hyperons	16	4	920	4	h___yper_ons
layperson	14	4	225	4	la__yperson_
nonpersons	12	8	550	4	__nonpersons
salespersons	14	6	191	4	salespersons
unpersons	11	4	685	4	_un__persons
waitpersons	16	7	209	4	wa_itpersons

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	6.253	19956.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.656	26846.6