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

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

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
councilwomen	21	6	108	(None)
councilwoman	21	6	103	1	councilwoman
councilmen	16	5	261	2	council__men
councilman	16	5	224	3	council__man
countrywomen	22	9	194	3	countrywomen
churchwomen	26	18	223	4	churc_hwomen
cochairwomen	24	6	103	4	cochairwomen
councillor	14	5	295	4	councillo__r
councillors	15	5	270	4	councillo_rs
councilor	13	4	320	4	council_o__r
councilors	14	4	325	4	council_o_rs
countrywoman	22	8	159	4	countrywoman

Search took 9 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	12	7.720	16164.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.123	21998.2