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

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

11 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
harbormaster	19	8	152	(None)
harbormasters	20	6	130	1	harbormasters
burgomaster	16	5	148	4	burgo_master
haberdasher	20	6	121	4	ha_berdasher
harborage	15	4	465	4	harbor_a_ge_
harborages	16	4	452	4	harbor_a_ges
harborer	13	4	806	4	harbor____er
ironmaster	12	12	341	4	_ir_onmaster
quartermaster	24	6	127	4	quartermaster
wharfmaster	22	5	160	4	whar__fmaster
yardmaster	16	5	271	4	yar__dmaster

Search took 8 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	7.360	16955.2
3	Display Results	11	11	0.013	846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.763	23018.3