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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ambassadorships” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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
ambassadorships	25	22	114	(None)
ambassadorship	24	22	117	1	ambassadorship_
ambassadorial	18	11	109	4	ambassador__ial
ambassadors	16	6	131	4	ambassador____s
ambassador	15	5	138	5	ambassador_____
ambassadress	17	6	86	5	ambassad_r__ess
ambassadresses	18	7	64	5	ambassad_resses
legislatorships	21	7	109	6	legislatorships
managerships	20	6	248	6	_m_a_nagerships
masterships	18	5	537	6	_m_a_s_terships
mayorships	20	5	411	6	_m____ayorships
moderatorships	22	6	208	6	_moderatorships
pastorships	18	9	589	6	__pa_s_torships

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	95024	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	6.530	14551.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.889	25938.6