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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “noncharacter” 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
noncharacter	19	6	210	(None)
noncharacters	20	6	177	1	noncharacters
character	16	4	588	3	___character
characters	17	4	550	4	___characters
charactery	20	4	342	4	___charactery
noncareer	11	4	466	4	nonc_ar__eer
noncarrier	12	5	403	4	nonc_ar_rier
nonchalance	18	16	267	4	nonchalance_
nonchalances	19	17	268	4	nonchalances
nonchalant	15	5	421	4	nonchalant__
nonchalantly	20	6	125	4	nonchalantly
nonstarter	10	4	469	4	nonstar__ter

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	7.843	15911.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.249	21662.1