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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
northwests	16	5	287	(None)
northwest	15	4	467	1	northwest_
northeasts	13	6	398	2	northeasts
northwester	17	5	277	2	northwester
northwesters	18	5	275	2	northwesters
southwests	16	4	270	2	southwests
nontheists	13	4	606	3	nontheists
northeast	12	6	654	3	northeast_
northerns	12	4	493	3	north_erns
northers	11	3	933	3	north_e_rs
northmost	14	5	430	3	northmost_
northwards	17	5	297	3	northwards
northwestern	18	6	221	3	northwestern
southwest	15	4	545	3	southwest_
worthiest	15	3	832	3	worthiest_
worthless	15	4	492	3	worthles_s

Search took 8 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	0.516	346300.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.936	20271.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.452	23978.9