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

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

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
competitors	17	5	355	(None)
competitor	16	5	373	1	competitor_
competitions	18	4	553	2	competitions
compositors	17	5	438	2	compositors
coeditors	12	4	580	3	co__editors
commentators	18	5	479	3	commentators
commutators	17	5	443	3	commutators
compactors	18	25	625	3	comp_actors
comparators	17	8	568	3	comparators
compensators	18	5	437	3	compensators
competition	17	5	577	3	competition
competitive	20	7	476	3	competitive
completions	17	4	691	3	completi_ons
compositor	16	4	463	3	compositor_
cooperators	15	4	700	3	cooperators
noncompetitors	20	7	199	3	~~non~~competitors

Search took 5 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	4.563	26656.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.969	35961.2