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

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

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.

16 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
cochairperson	22	7	73	(None)
cochairpersons	23	7	76	1	cochairpersons
chairperson	18	5	152	2	__chairperson
chairpersons	19	6	153	3	__chairpersons
anchorperson	19	6	144	4	anch_orperson
cochairmen	19	5	193	4	cochairme___n
anchorpersons	20	6	141	5	anch_orpersons
chaperon	15	4	735	5	__cha__per_on
chirpers	15	35	813	5	__ch_irpers__
cochaired	17	4	388	5	cochair_e___d
cochairman	19	5	161	5	cochai___rman
cochairs	15	4	590	5	cochai___rs__
cochairwoman	24	6	98	5	cochair_woman
cochairwomen	24	6	103	5	cochair_women
cochampion	21	6	155	5	cocha_mp__ion
waitperson	15	6	208	5	___waitperson

Search took 10 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	9.360	13332.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	9.750	18327.3