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

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

11 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
congressperson	19	23	132	(None)
congresspersons	20	20	132	1	congresspersons
congresses	13	4	802	4	congress_e_s__
congressmen	16	5	280	4	congressme___n
congresspeople	21	7	67	4	congresspeople
businessperson	18	18	121	5	businessperson
congressed	14	4	546	5	congress_e___d
congressman	16	5	188	5	congress___man
congresswoman	21	7	105	5	congress_woman
congresswomen	21	6	92	5	congress_women
newsperson	15	5	250	5	__n__ewsperson

Search took 8 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	11	6.970	13633.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.346	24324.9