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

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

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47 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
gnawer	10	38	695	(None)
gnawed	11	42	783	1	gnawed
gnawers	11	35	638	1	gnawers
answer	9	3	689	2	answer
brawer	11	42	1633	2	brawer
chawer	14	43	1441	2	chawer
clawer	11	45	1278	2	clawer
drawer	10	47	1136	2	drawer
gager	7	47	2629	2	g_ager
gamer	8	49	2894	2	g_amer
gander	8	43	2276	2	gander
ganger	8	37	2146	2	ganger
gaper	8	61	2512	2	g_aper
gater	6	45	3364	2	g_ater
gawker	14	55	935	2	g_awker
gawper	12	49	969	2	g_awper
gayer	9	45	1919	2	g_ayer
gazer	15	57	2007	2	g_azer
glazer	16	42	1226	2	glazer
glower	10	51	1493	2	glower
gnar	5	60	2138	2	gna__r
gnarr	6	48	1069	2	gna_rr
gnaw	8	65	1574	2	gnaw__
gnawn	9	51	778	2	gnaw_n
gnaws	9	63	1114	2	gnaw_s
grader	8	49	1969	2	grader
grater	7	46	2543	2	grater
graver	10	50	1859	2	graver
grayer	10	60	1454	2	grayer
grazer	16	48	1576	2	grazer
grower	10	46	1493	2	grower
inaner	6	22	1353	2	inaner
knawe	12	39	788	2	knawe_
knawel	13	41	541	2	knawel
knawes	13	32	839	2	knawes
knower	13	3	707	2	knower
namer	7	56	2210	2	_namer
newer	8	57	1746	2	_newer
onager	7	3	966	2	onager
pawer	10	44	2297	2	_pawer
rawer	8	46	2373	2	_rawer
sawer	8	50	2621	2	_sawer
snarer	6	46	2084	2	snarer
snawed	10	48	1373	2	snawed
tawer	8	52	2344	2	_tawer
thawer	12	48	934	2	thawer
unawed	10	39	1490	2	unawed

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	47	2.500	33020.4
3	Display Results	47	47	0.013	3615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	47	2.639	67711.6