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

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

12 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
chairwoman	20	5	271	(None)
chairwomen	20	5	250	1	chairwomen
charwoman	19	4	467	1	cha_rwoman
airwoman	13	4	467	2	__airwoman
chairman	15	10	638	2	chair__man
charwomen	19	4	459	2	cha_rwomen
cochairwoman	24	6	98	2	cochairwoman
airwomen	13	4	482	3	__airwomen
chainman	15	8	519	3	chai__nman
chairmans	16	8	514	3	chair__mans
chairmen	15	10	547	3	chair__men
cochairwomen	24	6	103	3	cochairwomen

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	5.953	23618.8
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.375	28030.0