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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hegumen” 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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21 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
hegumen	13	5	546	(None)
hegumene	14	4	398	1	hegumene
hegumens	14	4	430	1	hegumens
hegumeny	17	4	290	1	hegumeny
tegumen	10	10	542	1	tegumen
cerumen	11	4	776	2	cerumen
headmen	13	25	951	2	headmen
heaume	11	3	754	2	heaume_
heaumes	12	3	742	2	heaumes
hegemon	13	4	517	2	hegemon
hegumenes	15	4	403	2	hegumenes
hegumenos	15	4	258	2	hegumenos
herdmen	13	23	845	2	herdmen
legmen	9	3	934	2	leg_men
legume	9	3	691	2	legume_
legumes	10	3	663	2	legumes
legumin	10	4	507	2	legumin
regimen	10	44	1157	2	regimen
tegmen	9	8	840	2	teg_men
tegument	11	7	752	2	tegument
yeggmen	14	4	267	2	yeggmen

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.140	34290.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.562	50165.9