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

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

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70 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
choirs	11	49	1187	(None)
chairs	11	49	1617	1	chairs
choir	10	53	1359	1	choir_
coirs	7	52	2105	1	c_oirs
chains	11	48	1970	2	chains
chair	10	55	1963	2	chair_
chais	10	75	3031	2	chai_s
charrs	11	52	1918	2	charrs
chars	10	59	3663	2	ch_ars
cheers	11	45	1891	2	cheers
chias	10	46	2551	2	ch_ias
chics	12	39	2094	2	ch_ics
chins	10	56	3146	2	ch_ins
chips	12	57	2125	2	ch_ips
chirk	14	45	1618	2	ch_irk
chirks	15	54	1484	2	ch_irks
chirm	12	53	1706	2	ch_irm
chirms	13	51	1398	2	ch_irms
chiro	10	53	2034	2	ch_iro
chiros	11	46	1777	2	ch_iros
chirp	12	47	1716	2	ch_irp
chirps	13	54	1400	2	ch_irps
chirr	10	50	1590	2	ch_irr
chirrs	11	45	1498	2	chirrs
chiru	10	53	1715	2	ch_iru
chirus	11	46	1569	2	ch_irus
chis	9	59	3331	2	ch_i_s
chits	10	54	2457	2	ch_its
chocks	17	48	1531	2	chocks
choice	13	20	1052	2	choice
choices	14	20	1061	2	choices
choired	13	34	934	2	choired
chokers	16	43	1151	2	chokers
chokes	15	49	1738	2	chokes
cholas	11	48	1799	2	cholas
cholers	12	42	1519	2	cholers
cholos	11	47	1685	2	cholos
chomps	15	51	1222	2	chomps
chooks	15	53	1279	2	chooks
chopins	14	23	1224	2	chopins
chops	12	50	1987	2	cho_ps
chord	11	59	1726	2	cho_rd
chords	12	52	1463	2	chords
chore	10	51	2676	2	cho_re
chores	11	48	2802	2	chores
choric	13	35	1589	2	choric
chorus	11	50	1476	2	chorus
choses	11	58	2512	2	choses
chotts	11	36	1098	2	chotts
chows	13	56	1820	2	cho_ws
churrs	11	51	1151	2	churrs
clours	8	52	1508	2	clours
coheirs	12	3	675	2	coheirs
coifs	10	57	1870	2	c_oifs
coils	7	50	3008	2	c_oils
coins	7	58	3455	2	c_oins
coir	6	63	2724	2	c_oir_
cooers	8	43	2456	2	cooers
cors	6	66	5644	2	c_o_rs
echoers	12	45	968	2	echoers
hairs	8	62	2517	2	_hairs
heirs	8	56	1856	2	_heirs
hoars	8	59	2554	2	_hoars
hoers	8	57	2492	2	_hoers
hours	8	54	2238	2	_hours
ichors	11	3	1041	2	icho_rs
noirs	5	56	1546	2	_noirs
shoers	9	45	1832	2	shoers
theirs	9	46	1035	2	theirs
whirs	11	52	1809	2	wh_irs

Search took 3 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	82551	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	70	2.123	38884.1
3	Display Results	70	70	0.030	2333.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	70	2.263	78962.0