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

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

9 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	1	harbormaster
harbormasters	20	6	130	1	harbormasters
harborages	16	4	452	3	harbor_a_ges
arborists	11	4	745	4	_arbor_ist_s
carbamates	16	4	562	4	carb_ama_tes
carbonates	14	4	913	4	carbo_na_tes
harborage	15	4	465	4	harbor_a_ge_
harborless	15	4	266	4	harborles__s
perborates	14	5	921	4	perbor_a_tes

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	9	7.096	17586.0
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	7.486	23870.0