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

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

10 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
ironworkers	18	5	206	(None)
ironworker	17	5	236	1	ironworker_
ironworks	16	11	481	2	ironwork__s
nonworkers	17	4	441	2	_nonworkers
coworkers	18	5	436	3	_co_workers
ironmongers	14	5	214	3	ironmongers
ironwares	12	4	455	3	ironwar_e_s
ironwork	15	12	505	3	ironwork___
nonworker	16	4	482	3	_nonworker_
woodworkers	22	15	272	3	woodworkers

Search took 6 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	121633	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	10	5.186	23454.1
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	5.345	33431.4