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

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

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89 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
chanters	13	40	1672	(None)
canters	9	48	2772	1	c_anters
chancers	15	43	1348	1	chancers
changers	14	43	1319	1	changers
chanter	12	39	1973	1	chanter_
chanteys	16	38	749	1	chanteys
chantors	13	37	1025	1	chantors
chapters	15	40	1211	1	chapters
charters	13	41	1556	1	charters
chatters	13	42	1393	1	chatters
chaunters	14	5	581	1	chaunters
chunters	13	39	1089	1	chunters
banters	9	46	2311	2	_banters
cancers	11	40	1858	2	c_ancers
caners	8	46	2919	2	c_an_ers
cankers	13	44	1875	2	c_ankers
canners	9	38	2266	2	c_anners
canoers	9	43	1837	2	c_anoers
canter	8	52	3011	2	c_anter_
cantors	9	46	2075	2	c_antors
carters	9	53	2724	2	c_arters
casters	9	47	2989	2	c_asters
caters	8	53	3649	2	c_a_ters
centers	9	44	2059	2	c_enters
chafers	15	45	1272	2	cha_fers
chaffers	19	37	799	2	chaffers
chambers	17	34	1061	2	chambers
chamfers	18	40	921	2	chamfers
champers	17	33	1161	2	champers
chancels	15	43	908	2	chancels
chancer	14	42	1563	2	chancer_
chancery	18	36	665	2	chancery
chances	14	52	1809	2	chance_s
chancres	15	42	936	2	chancres
chandlers	15	38	767	2	chandlers
changer	13	42	1554	2	changer_
changes	13	45	1758	2	change_s
channels	13	38	849	2	channels
chanted	13	40	1595	2	chante_d
chanteuse	14	4	347	2	chanteuse
chantey	15	41	1254	2	chante_y
chanties	13	26	1580	2	chanties
chantor	12	37	1031	2	chantor_
chantry	15	38	821	2	chant_ry
chants	11	50	2039	2	chant__s
chapiters	16	3	519	2	chapiters
chapter	14	42	1385	2	chapter_
chargers	14	40	1131	2	chargers
charmers	15	42	1132	2	charmers
charter	12	39	1830	2	charter_
chasers	12	37	1489	2	cha_sers
chastens	13	42	918	2	chastens
chaster	12	47	1850	2	chaster_
chattels	13	28	679	2	chattels
chatter	12	44	1664	2	chatter_
chattery	16	35	727	2	chattery
chaufers	16	34	728	2	chaufers
chaunter	13	6	638	2	chaunter_
chawers	15	44	1203	2	cha_wers
cheaters	13	36	1350	2	cheaters
chitters	13	37	1116	2	chitters
chunter	12	39	1147	2	chunter_
clangers	11	43	1234	2	clangers
clatters	10	33	1390	2	clatters
coasters	10	43	1730	2	coasters
coaters	9	35	2577	2	coa_ters
cointers	10	36	1640	2	cointers
counters	10	33	2018	2	counters
crafters	13	41	994	2	crafters
craters	9	50	2188	2	cra_ters
enchanters	15	4	522	2	enchanters
granters	9	36	1413	2	granters
hafters	13	46	1433	2	_hafters
halters	10	46	1980	2	_halters
handers	11	42	2433	2	_handers
hangers	11	31	2081	2	_hangers
hankers	14	42	1813	2	_hankers
haters	9	49	3039	2	_ha_ters
hatters	10	42	2152	2	_hatters
haunters	11	32	953	2	_haunters
hinters	10	37	1957	2	_hinters
hunters	10	39	1572	2	_hunters
planters	10	29	1532	2	planters
ranters	7	33	2364	2	_ranters
shanteys	14	39	550	2	shanteys
shatters	11	33	1390	2	shatters
shunters	11	32	1073	2	shunters
thankers	15	29	783	2	thankers
wanters	10	44	2009	2	_wanters

Search took 7 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	121059	0.153	1167915.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	89	6.080	19911.0
3	Display Results	89	89	0.063	1412.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	89	6.296	28381.7