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

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

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38 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
hairdressers	16	5	142	(None)
hairdresser	15	5	193	1	hairdresser_
addressers	12	4	267	3	_a_ddressers
hairdressing	17	5	173	3	hairdressing
hairdressings	18	6	80	3	hairdressings
hairinesses	14	19	894	3	hairinesse_s
hardnesses	14	18	1054	3	ha_rdnesse_s
wardresses	14	4	541	3	wa_rdresse_s
addressees	12	5	231	4	_a_ddressees
addresser	11	4	340	4	_a_ddresser_
addresses	11	6	563	4	_a_ddresse_s
addressors	12	5	241	4	_a_ddressors
airinesses	10	26	1361	4	_airinesse_s
aridnesses	11	3	993	4	_aridnesse_s
arresters	9	4	819	4	_a_r_resters
caressers	11	3	744	4	ca___ressers
dressers	9	35	986	4	____dressers
fairnesses	13	5	738	4	fair_nesse_s
hairbrushes	19	5	169	4	hairbrushe_s
hairlessness	15	4	530	4	hair_lessness
handpresses	17	5	365	4	handpresse_s
harassers	12	4	620	4	ha___rassers
hardasses	13	4	645	4	ha_rd_asse_s
hardeners	13	3	808	4	ha_rd_e_ners
hardinesses	15	11	1021	4	ha_rdinesse_s
harnesses	12	18	1207	4	ha_r_nesse_s
harvesters	16	4	414	4	ha_r_vesters
headdresses	16	8	369	4	headdresse_s
heiresses	12	3	696	4	hei__resse_s
laundresses	12	4	311	4	laundresse_s
overdresses	15	4	619	4	overdresse_s
pantdresses	14	4	375	4	pantdresse_s
redressers	11	4	510	4	__redressers
shirtdresses	16	5	186	4	shirtdresse_s
slipdresses	14	4	257	4	slipdresse_s
vinedressers	16	5	127	4	vinedressers
waitresses	13	4	506	4	wai_tresse_s
weirdnesses	15	4	521	4	weirdnesse_s

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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	38	6.423	19428.6
3	Display Results	38	38	0.013	2923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	6.842	26116.8