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

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

18 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
principalship	21	25	143	(None)
principalships	22	14	144	1	principalships
principals	16	6	313	3	principals___
princeship	19	5	338	4	princ___eship
principal	15	7	445	4	principal____
principalities	20	8	320	4	principalities
principality	21	6	266	4	principal_ity
principally	20	5	325	4	principal__ly
brinkmanship	25	9	240	5	brin_kmanship
brinksmanship	26	9	209	5	brinksmanship
coprincipals	20	6	110	5	coprincipals___
discipleship	22	6	107	5	_discipleship
princeships	20	5	308	5	princ___eships
principi	14	4	393	5	princip____i_
principia	15	5	333	5	princip____ia
principle	15	4	375	5	princip_l___e
principled	17	4	259	5	princip_l__ed
principles	16	4	384	5	princip_l__es

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	18	8.016	15567.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.419	21224.7