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

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

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43 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
knower	13	3	708	(None)
knowers	14	3	635	1	knowers
answer	9	3	689	2	answer
avower	12	3	682	2	avower
blower	11	53	1657	2	blower
bower	10	73	2818	2	_bower
cower	10	45	3177	2	_cower
crower	11	41	1756	2	crower
dower	9	50	2770	2	_dower
endower	11	3	848	2	endower
flower	12	48	1550	2	flower
glower	10	51	1493	2	glower
gnawer	10	38	695	2	gnawer
grower	10	46	1493	2	grower
knawe	12	39	788	2	knawe_
knawel	13	41	541	2	knawel
knawes	13	32	839	2	knawes
knifer	13	59	856	2	knifer
knocker	12	29	639	2	knocker
knoller	11	28	591	2	knoller
knotter	11	31	764	2	knotter
know	11	61	1584	2	know__
known	12	56	834	2	know_n
knowns	13	42	644	2	knowns
knows	12	49	1241	2	know_s
kotower	14	3	438	2	kotower
kroner	10	46	1257	2	kroner
lower	8	58	3041	2	_lower
mower	10	45	2345	2	_mower
newer	8	57	1746	2	_newer
noter	5	50	2564	2	_noter
plower	11	43	1506	2	plower
power	10	53	2595	2	_power
prower	11	42	1812	2	prower
rower	8	54	3049	2	_rower
shower	12	43	1511	2	shower
slower	9	40	1615	2	slower
snorer	6	43	1676	2	snorer
snowed	10	46	1362	2	snowed
snowier	10	3	879	2	snowier
sower	8	52	2931	2	_sower
tower	8	57	2920	2	_tower
vower	11	52	2079	2	_vower

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	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	43	2.500	33020.4
3	Display Results	43	43	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	2.826	63231.1