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

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

14 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
nongolfers	14	4	339	(None)
nongolfer	13	4	359	1	nongolfer_
condolers	12	27	1057	3	condol_ers
consolers	11	25	1092	3	consol_ers
golfers	11	44	1008	3	___golfers
gondoliers	12	4	369	3	gondoliers
noncolors	11	4	703	3	noncol_ors
nonglares	10	4	641	3	nong_lares
nonjoiners	17	6	493	3	nonjoiners
nonkoshers	17	4	364	3	nonkoshers
nonowners	12	4	512	3	non_owners
nontalkers	14	4	414	3	nontalkers
nonvoters	12	13	646	3	nonvo_ters
nonworkers	17	4	441	3	nonworkers

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.156	22840.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.592	27107.3