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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nonprofessional” 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
nonprofessional	20	7	213	(None)
unprofessional	19	6	259	2	_unprofessional
nonprofessorial	20	11	119	3	nonprofessorial
preprofessional	22	8	203	3	preprofessional
professional	17	5	496	3	___professional
subprofessional	22	7	159	3	subprofessional
unprofessionals	20	7	201	3	_unprofessionals
compressional	19	5	426	4	compr__essional
confessional	17	17	546	4	con___fessional
congressional	16	5	351	4	congr__essional
processional	16	6	539	4	___processional
professionals	18	6	404	4	___professionals

Search took 3 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	43548	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	12	2.343	18586.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.623	68124.7