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

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

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.

17 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
covenanter	15	6	360	(None)
covenanted	16	6	380	1	covenanted
covenantee	15	8	394	1	covenantee
covenanters	16	8	296	1	covenanters
covenantor	15	6	267	1	covenantor
covenant	13	4	969	2	covenant__
covenantal	15	5	245	2	covenantal
covenantees	16	7	214	2	covenantees
covenantors	16	6	262	2	covenantors
covenants	14	4	589	2	covenant_s
coenacted	14	4	580	3	co_enacted
conveyancer	21	12	361	3	conveyancer
cotenant	10	5	1179	3	cotenant__
cotenants	11	4	728	3	cotenant_s
covenanting	17	4	301	3	covenanting
coveter	12	29	1206	3	cove___ter
uncovenanted	18	6	170	3	uncovenanted

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	17	6.483	21688.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.905	25878.5