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

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

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
workforce	21	5	174	(None)
workforces	22	5	175	1	workforces
workfare	18	4	312	2	workfar_e
workhorse	19	4	385	2	workhorse
downforce	18	5	245	3	downforce
perforce	15	4	496	3	per_force
workfares	19	4	339	3	workfares
workfolk	17	4	234	3	workfo_lk
workfolks	18	5	193	3	workfolks
workhorses	20	4	365	3	workhorses
workhouse	19	4	525	3	workhouse
workpiece	20	5	201	3	workpiece
workplace	20	4	273	3	workplace
workspace	20	5	213	3	workspace

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	6.720	22119.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.156	24970.8