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

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

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
houseperson	16	5	209	(None)
housepersons	17	6	207	1	housepersons
douzepers	21	4	204	4	douzepers__
handyperson	20	6	133	4	handyperson
housedress	14	4	331	4	housedres_s
housefront	16	5	374	4	house_fr_ont
houseless	12	3	746	4	housele_s_s
housemen	13	4	656	4	houseme___n
houseparent	16	5	309	4	houseparent
houseroom	14	4	422	4	hous__eroom
housers	10	47	1781	4	hous__ers__
newsperson	15	5	250	4	news_person
nonperson	11	6	526	4	no__nperson
salesperson	13	5	191	4	salesperson
spokesperson	20	6	124	4	spokesperson
superperson	15	5	460	4	_superperson
unperson	10	4	638	4	__u_nperson

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	148819	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	17	8.263	18010.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.702	20534.5