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

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

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63 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
cheaters	13	36	1351	(None)
cheater	12	48	1696	1	cheater_
heaters	10	42	2522	1	_heaters
theaters	11	42	1190	1	theaters
beaters	9	49	2504	2	_beaters
bleaters	10	34	1232	2	bleaters
caters	8	53	3650	2	c__aters
centers	9	44	2060	2	c_enters
chafers	15	45	1274	2	ch_afers
chanters	13	40	1674	2	chanters
chapters	15	40	1213	2	chapters
charters	13	41	1558	2	charters
chasers	12	37	1492	2	ch_asers
chatters	13	42	1395	2	chatters
chawers	15	44	1205	2	ch_awers
cheapens	15	30	594	2	cheapens
cheaper	14	40	1058	2	cheaper_
cheated	13	44	1634	2	cheate_d
cheats	11	45	1954	2	cheat__s
checkers	19	31	784	2	checkers
cheders	13	45	1239	2	che_ders
cheepers	15	32	901	2	cheepers
cheerers	13	31	954	2	cheerers
cheers	11	45	1891	2	che__ers
chelates	13	27	1384	2	chelate_s
chelators	14	4	816	2	chelators
chequers	22	3	410	2	chequers
chewers	15	41	1114	2	che_wers
chitters	13	37	1117	2	chitters
chunters	13	39	1090	2	chunters
cleaners	10	36	1054	2	cleaners
clearers	10	34	930	2	clearers
cleavers	13	39	887	2	cleavers
coaters	9	35	2579	2	c_oaters
craters	9	50	2189	2	c_raters
creamers	12	41	1131	2	creamers
creasers	10	36	1284	2	creasers
creates	9	52	2520	2	create_s
creators	10	28	1441	2	creators
eaters	6	55	3595	2	__eaters
haters	9	49	3040	2	_h_aters
headers	11	38	1939	2	_headers
healers	10	43	1946	2	_healers
heapers	12	36	1667	2	_heapers
hearers	10	43	1978	2	_hearers
heater	9	48	2830	2	_heater_
heathers	14	39	1473	2	_heathers
heavers	13	37	1719	2	_heavers
hefters	13	43	1200	2	_hefters
pleaters	10	36	1379	2	pleaters
reheaters	12	20	1027	2	reheaters
seaters	7	40	2894	2	_seaters
shearers	11	39	1132	2	shearers
sheathers	15	5	755	2	sheathers
sheeters	11	31	1186	2	sheeters
shelters	11	34	1281	2	shelters
sweaters	11	38	1106	2	sweaters
theater	10	40	1425	2	theater_
theatres	11	29	863	2	theatres
treaters	8	36	1584	2	treaters
wheatears	15	4	268	2	wheatears
wheatens	14	5	466	2	wheatens
whetters	14	24	665	2	whetters

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	63	3.593	33693.0
3	Display Results	63	63	0.030	2100.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	63	4.013	44528.0