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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “helpmeet” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

21 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
helpmeet	15	4	425	(None)
helpmeets	16	4	192	1	helpmeets
helmet	11	37	1893	2	hel_m_et
helpmate	15	4	560	2	helpmate
element	9	3	1780	3	_element
hellbent	13	4	574	3	hellbent
helmed	12	45	1369	3	hel_m_ed
helmeted	14	3	583	3	hel_meted
helmets	12	30	907	3	hel_mets
helped	12	47	1415	3	help__ed
helper	11	43	1309	3	help__er
helpers	12	33	1185	3	help_ers
helpless	13	3	506	3	helpless
helpmates	16	4	551	3	helpmates
hempiest	15	3	904	3	hempiest
hempseed	16	4	362	3	hempseed
hempweed	19	4	280	3	hempweed
heppest	14	22	815	3	he_ppest
pelmet	10	34	1924	3	pel_m_et
remeet	8	63	2547	3	re__meet
weldment	14	4	582	3	weldment

Search took 9 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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	21	7.906	18487.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.342	21420.6