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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nonpersons” 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
nonpersons	12	8	550	(None)
nonperson	11	6	526	1	nonperson_
nonpersonal	13	11	443	2	nonpersonal
unpersons	11	4	685	2	_unpersons
conversions	16	4	827	3	conversions
conversos	14	4	689	3	converso_s
laypersons	15	5	229	3	laypersons
longerons	10	4	589	3	longer_ons
newspersons	16	5	230	3	newspersons
nonferrous	13	9	374	3	nonferrous
nonheroes	12	4	763	3	nonher_oes
nonporous	11	4	715	3	nonpor_ous
nonpros	9	3	747	3	nonp_r_o_s
nonserious	10	4	662	3	nonserious
operons	9	14	1174	3	_o_per_ons
persons	9	37	1701	3	___persons
unperson	10	4	638	3	_unperson_

Search took 6 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	5.500	25564.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.939	30087.7