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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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164 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
hankers	14	42	1813	(None)
bankers	13	39	1909	1	bankers
cankers	13	44	1875	1	cankers
hackers	16	46	1904	1	hackers
handers	11	42	2433	1	handers
hangers	11	31	2081	1	hangers
hanker	13	46	2209	1	hanker_
hawkers	17	42	1033	1	hawkers
honkers	14	33	1523	1	honkers
hunkers	14	33	1433	1	hunkers
rankers	11	32	1746	1	rankers
tankers	11	34	1691	1	tankers
thankers	15	29	783	1	thankers
wankers	14	45	1471	1	wankers
angers	7	52	2254	2	_angers
askers	10	59	1540	2	_askers
backers	15	38	2188	2	backers
bakers	12	53	2345	2	ba_kers
balkers	13	49	1572	2	balkers
banders	10	43	2456	2	banders
bangers	10	40	2035	2	bangers
banker	12	42	2273	2	banker_
banners	9	40	1871	2	banners
banters	9	46	2311	2	banters
barkers	13	43	1851	2	barkers
bonkers	13	40	1530	2	bonkers
bunkers	13	37	1595	2	bunkers
calkers	13	44	1469	2	calkers
cancers	11	40	1858	2	cancers
caners	8	46	2920	2	can_ers
canker	12	44	2252	2	canker_
canners	9	38	2266	2	canners
canoers	9	43	1837	2	canoers
canters	9	48	2773	2	canters
chancers	15	43	1349	2	chancers
changers	14	43	1320	2	changers
chanters	13	40	1674	2	chanters
conkers	13	37	2104	2	conkers
dackers	14	34	1704	2	dackers
daikers	12	40	1031	2	daikers
dancers	10	34	1309	2	dancers
danders	9	39	2118	2	danders
dangers	9	48	1821	2	dangers
danker	11	43	1966	2	danker_
dunkers	12	35	1219	2	dunkers
fakers	13	42	1953	2	fa_kers
fanners	10	39	1465	2	fanners
flankers	15	34	930	2	flankers
frankers	15	34	835	2	frankers
funkers	14	37	1206	2	funkers
ganders	9	35	2170	2	ganders
gangers	9	44	1860	2	gangers
gawkers	15	34	745	2	gawkers
hackees	16	50	1410	2	hackees
hacker	15	48	2269	2	hacker_
hacklers	17	37	1030	2	hacklers
hafters	13	46	1433	2	hafters
hailers	10	40	1726	2	hailers
hakes	12	60	3430	2	ha_ke_s
halers	9	49	2691	2	ha_lers
halters	10	46	1980	2	halters
halvers	13	33	1142	2	halvers
hammers	14	42	1606	2	hammers
hampers	14	36	1695	2	hampers
hanapers	13	4	696	2	hanapers
hances	11	56	2128	2	hance_s
hander	10	45	2643	2	hander_
handlers	12	40	1414	2	handlers
hangars	11	43	1349	2	hangars
hanger	10	40	2325	2	hanger_
hanked	14	42	2060	2	hanke_d
hankered	16	28	944	2	hankered
hankerer	15	24	823	2	hankerer
hankerers	16	22	671	2	hankerers
hankies	14	36	1776	2	hankies
hanks	12	62	2686	2	hank__s
hansels	10	40	1165	2	hansels
hanses	9	50	2263	2	hanse_s
harkens	14	41	1286	2	harkens
harmers	12	41	1659	2	harmers
harpers	12	49	1620	2	harpers
haters	9	49	3040	2	ha_ters
hatters	10	42	2152	2	hatters
haulers	10	40	1244	2	haulers
haunters	11	32	954	2	haunters
havers	12	47	2148	2	ha_vers
hawker	16	48	1266	2	hawker_
hawkeys	20	41	470	2	hawkeys
hawsers	13	40	948	2	hawsers
hayers	12	44	1594	2	ha_yers
hazers	18	46	1595	2	ha_zers
hikers	13	50	1435	2	h_ikers
hinders	11	37	1850	2	hinders
hingers	11	34	2021	2	hingers
hinters	10	37	1958	2	hinters
hockers	16	39	1591	2	hockers
honers	9	43	2497	2	hon_ers
honker	13	41	1746	2	honker_
honkeys	17	43	951	2	honkeys
hookers	14	49	1651	2	hookers
hungers	11	40	1330	2	hungers
hunker	13	39	1767	2	hunker_
hunkeys	17	38	619	2	hunkeys
hunters	10	39	1573	2	hunters
huskers	14	35	1004	2	huskers
inkers	10	40	1883	2	_inkers
jackers	20	42	1445	2	jackers
jinkers	18	35	1181	2	jinkers
junkers	18	40	1086	2	junkers
lackers	13	41	2054	2	lackers
lakers	10	52	2515	2	la_kers
lancers	9	36	1664	2	lancers
landers	8	40	2621	2	landers
lanker	10	41	2300	2	lanker_
lanners	7	36	1833	2	lanners
larkers	11	30	1451	2	larkers
linkers	11	43	1771	2	linkers
lunkers	11	34	1460	2	lunkers
makers	12	39	2173	2	ma_kers
mangers	10	35	2126	2	mangers
manners	9	34	1783	2	manners
markers	13	35	1610	2	markers
maskers	13	39	1384	2	maskers
packers	15	38	1889	2	packers
panders	10	34	2373	2	panders
paniers	9	47	1733	2	paniers
panners	9	36	2127	2	panners
panzers	18	40	1201	2	panzers
parkers	13	38	1687	2	parkers
pinkers	13	41	1860	2	pinkers
punkers	13	37	1485	2	punkers
rackers	13	43	2045	2	rackers
rakers	10	41	2357	2	ra_kers
rangers	8	36	2104	2	rangers
ranker	10	50	2190	2	ranker_
ranters	7	33	2364	2	ranters
sackers	13	38	2022	2	sackers
sakers	10	41	2543	2	sa_kers
sanders	8	40	2594	2	sanders
sangers	8	44	2194	2	sangers
shakers	14	40	1556	2	sha_kers
sharkers	15	40	1105	2	sharkers
sinkers	11	36	1854	2	sinkers
skankers	11	31	648	2	skankers
spankers	14	36	986	2	spankers
tackers	13	43	1962	2	tackers
takers	10	39	2374	2	ta_kers
talkers	11	35	1321	2	talkers
tanker	10	45	2112	2	tanker_
tanners	7	40	1839	2	tanners
thanker	14	30	959	2	thanker_
thinkers	15	30	870	2	thinkers
tinkers	11	35	1714	2	tinkers
vanners	10	36	1284	2	vanners
wakers	13	48	2249	2	wa_kers
walkers	14	34	1147	2	walkers
wanders	11	42	2133	2	wanders
wanker	13	42	1997	2	wanker_
wanters	10	44	2009	2	wanters
whackers	20	32	654	2	whackers
winkers	14	35	1711	2	winkers
yakkers	13	30	427	2	yakkers
yonkers	14	37	982	2	yonkers
zanders	17	30	1579	2	zanders

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	107671	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	164	3.310	32529.0
3	Display Results	164	164	0.063	2603.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	164	3.766	47448.5