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

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

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97 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
explode	17	4	596	(None)
exploded	19	4	474	1	exploded
exploder	18	4	484	1	exploder
explodes	18	4	580	1	explodes
explore	16	4	661	1	explore
employe	14	7	636	2	employe
epode	8	51	1409	2	e_p_ode
exclude	17	4	445	2	exclude
exploders	19	4	417	2	exploders
exploit	16	4	862	2	exploit
explored	18	4	507	2	explored
explorer	17	4	471	2	explorer
explores	17	4	625	2	explores
expose	15	4	952	2	exp_ose
implode	12	15	610	2	implode
deplore	10	3	948	3	deplore
diploe	9	8	1015	3	diplo_e
displode	12	4	764	3	displode
earlobe	9	4	654	3	earlobe
elide	6	49	2264	3	e__lide
elodea	7	3	867	3	e__lodea
elope	7	52	1934	3	e__lope
elude	6	45	1762	3	e__lude
emplace	13	3	826	3	emplace
emplane	11	4	1001	3	emplane
employ	13	4	649	3	emplo_y
employed	16	5	494	3	employed
employee	15	5	520	3	employee
employer	15	6	471	3	employer
employes	15	5	594	3	employes
employs	14	5	552	3	employs
enclose	9	9	999	3	enclose
encode	9	3	1044	3	e_ncode
enplane	9	3	972	3	enplane
ephod	11	3	912	3	e_phod_
ephods	12	3	836	3	e_phods
episode	10	5	630	3	episode
epodes	9	43	1556	3	e_p_odes
erode	6	45	2099	3	e__rode
euploid	10	3	895	3	euploid
euploids	11	5	724	3	euploids
euploidy	14	5	462	3	euploidy
exalted	15	3	739	3	exalted
excide	16	3	842	3	ex_cide
exclave	19	4	519	3	exclave
excluded	19	4	343	3	excluded
excluder	18	4	345	3	excluder
excludes	18	4	438	3	excludes
exile	12	61	1765	3	exil__e
exiled	14	47	1246	3	exiled_
expand	16	23	657	3	expand_
expanded	19	14	516	3	expanded
expander	18	14	580	3	expander
expands	17	19	573	3	expands
expanse	16	14	560	3	expanse
expelled	18	9	586	3	expelled
expellee	17	11	609	3	expellee
expend	16	24	750	3	expend_
expended	19	13	654	3	expended
expender	18	13	684	3	expender
expends	17	21	708	3	expends
expense	16	12	787	3	expense
expiate	16	9	1059	3	expiate
expire	15	3	802	3	exp_ire
expired	17	3	640	3	expired
explain	16	6	704	3	explain
explant	16	3	1013	3	explant
exploding	20	4	493	3	exploding
exploited	19	4	467	3	exploited
exploiter	18	4	458	3	exploiter
exploits	17	4	597	3	exploits
explorers	18	4	374	3	explorers
explosive	21	4	483	3	explosive
expo	13	4	918	3	exp_o__
export	15	4	1218	3	exp_ort
expos	14	4	920	3	exp_o_s
exposed	17	3	744	3	exp_osed
exposer	16	3	741	3	exp_oser
exposes	16	3	996	3	exp_oses
expulse	16	7	451	3	expulse
expulsed	18	6	361	3	expulsed
expunge	17	4	331	3	expunge
extrude	15	4	501	3	extrude
exude	13	40	1029	3	ex__ude
exulted	15	3	630	3	exulted
imploded	14	14	507	3	imploded
implodes	13	10	639	3	implodes
implore	11	17	670	3	implore
lode	5	62	4011	3	___lode
plod	7	67	2327	3	__plod_
plods	8	57	1929	3	__plods
reexplore	18	4	305	3	reexplore
splodge	11	3	410	3	_splodge
splore	8	16	1130	3	_splore
spode	8	46	1770	3	_sp_ode
unexploded	21	5	216	3	unexploded
xylose	16	3	676	3	_xylose

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	134027	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	97	6.453	20769.7
3	Display Results	97	97	0.030	3233.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	97	6.639	26915.3