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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
damagers	12	3	707	(None)
damager	11	5	798	1	damager_
damages	11	5	1128	1	damage_s
daggers	10	37	1491	2	da_ggers
damage	10	4	1078	2	damage__
damaged	12	5	746	2	damage_d
damars	9	38	1500	2	dama__rs
dammers	12	32	1427	2	dam_mers
damners	10	41	1211	2	dam_ners
dampers	12	39	1569	2	dam_pers
dangers	9	48	1821	2	da_ngers
dowagers	13	3	489	2	dowagers
homagers	14	8	683	2	homagers
imagers	10	10	776	2	_imagers
laagers	8	34	1125	2	la_agers
managers	11	29	1100	2	managers
rampagers	14	4	386	2	rampagers
ravagers	12	3	558	2	ravagers
tanagers	9	25	900	2	tanagers

Search took 4 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	19	3.233	37444.8
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.639	49104.4