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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “encouragers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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50 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
encouragers	14	5	235	(None)
encourager	13	5	277	1	encourager_
encourages	13	4	404	1	encourage_s
encourage	12	4	415	2	encourage__
encouraged	14	4	309	2	encourage_d
entourages	11	4	359	2	entourage_s
courages	11	3	1139	3	__courage_s
discouragers	16	5	232	3	discouragers
encounters	12	4	455	3	encou_nters
encouraging	15	5	288	3	encouraging
entourage	10	4	392	3	entourage__
scourgers	12	3	438	3	_scour_gers
uncourageous	15	6	170	3	uncourageous
anchorages	16	4	470	4	anchorage_s
cottagers	12	30	538	4	__cottagers
courage	10	3	1099	4	__courage__
courageous	13	4	419	4	__courageous
couriers	10	32	1317	4	__cour_iers
coursers	10	44	1230	4	__cour_sers
courters	10	30	1537	4	__cour_ters
courtiers	11	4	670	4	__courtiers
decoupages	16	4	238	4	decoupage_s
discourager	15	5	308	4	discourager_
discourages	15	5	438	4	discourage_s
ecotages	11	3	697	4	e_co_tage_s
encages	10	33	1378	4	enc___age_s
enchasers	14	4	509	4	enc__hasers
encoders	11	3	751	4	enco___ders
encores	9	3	1521	4	enco_r__e_s
encounter	11	4	518	4	encou_nter_
encouragement	18	6	260	4	encouragement
encouragements	19	6	217	4	encouragements
encumbers	15	4	379	4	enc_u_mbers
endorsers	10	4	612	4	endo_r_sers
endurers	9	31	795	4	en_dur__ers
enfleurages	15	5	105	4	enfleurage_s
enforcers	14	21	521	4	enfo_r_cers
engagers	10	24	655	4	en___gagers
engorges	10	4	575	4	engo_r_ge_s
engravers	13	4	431	4	en__gravers
enlargers	10	4	349	4	en_lar_gers
enrages	8	31	1485	4	en___rage_s
ensurers	8	27	937	4	en_sur__ers
escuages	11	4	516	4	esc_u_age_s
foragers	12	34	963	4	__fo_ragers
rencounters	13	4	330	4	rencou_nters
scourers	10	34	853	4	_scour__ers
scourger	11	3	472	4	_scour_ger_
scourges	11	3	653	4	_scour_ge_s
uncouplers	14	4	252	4	uncou_plers

Search took 10 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	50	9.360	15899.5
3	Display Results	50	50	0.033	1515.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	50	9.813	18209.6