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

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

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.

15 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
assistantships	18	7	151	(None)
assistantship	18	7	160	1	assistantship_
artisanships	17	6	386	4	artis_an_ships
assistants	10	5	344	4	assistant____s
accountantships	24	13	104	5	accountantships
airmanships	18	7	446	5	a__irman_ships
artisanship	16	6	404	5	artis_an_ship_
assistances	13	5	305	5	assistan___ces
assistant	9	4	496	5	assistant_____
associateships	21	8	106	5	associateships
consultantships	22	8	137	5	consultantships
musicianships	22	7	176	5	musician_ships
partisanships	20	6	344	5	partis_an_ships
saintships	15	5	415	5	_sai___ntships
salesmanships	20	8	329	5	salesman_ships

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	6.093	15595.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.469	27622.7