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

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

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
descriptors	16	5	275	(None)
descriptor	15	5	297	1	descriptor_
descriptions	17	5	540	2	descriptions
describers	15	4	358	3	descri_bers
descriers	12	4	569	3	descri__ers
description	16	4	537	3	description
descriptive	19	5	368	3	descriptive
desecrators	14	4	523	3	desecr_ators
disruptors	13	4	308	3	dis_ruptors
receiptors	14	4	365	3	re_ceiptors
rescripts	13	7	457	3	rescript__s
scripters	13	11	668	3	__scripters

Search took 6 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	12	4.906	24792.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.312	33639.1