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

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

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68 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
labor	7	51	1731	(None)
labors	8	40	1641	1	labors
labour	8	42	1093	1	labour
tabor	7	55	1839	1	tabor
abhor	10	4	1106	2	_abhor
abo	5	90	4596	2	_abo_
abort	7	61	3358	2	_abort
abos	6	77	3441	2	_abos
algor	6	5	1305	2	algor
arbor	7	48	1811	2	arbor
baboo	9	43	1950	2	baboo
belabor	11	3	629	2	belabor
caber	9	51	2683	2	caber
cabob	11	46	1681	2	cabob
clamor	10	4	945	2	clamor
favor	11	47	1245	2	favor
flavor	12	3	666	2	flavor
gator	6	44	1604	2	gator
glamor	9	5	819	2	glamor
harbor	11	4	1072	2	harbor
jabot	14	3	2151	2	jabot
kabar	11	48	1555	2	kabar
kabob	13	41	1393	2	kabob
lab	5	88	6478	2	lab__
labara	8	37	1289	2	labara
label	7	50	1938	2	label
labia	7	52	1901	2	labia
labored	10	28	1025	2	labored
laborer	9	24	951	2	laborer
labours	9	34	989	2	labours
labra	7	54	1546	2	labra
labs	6	71	4512	2	lab_s
lacer	7	58	3375	2	lacer
lader	6	56	3372	2	lader
lager	6	51	3286	2	lager
lahar	8	31	1426	2	lahar
lair	4	59	3415	2	la_ir
laker	9	54	3287	2	laker
lamber	10	44	1849	2	lamber
lamer	7	52	3370	2	lamer
lar	3	79	6753	2	la__r
laser	5	46	3332	2	laser
later	5	48	4392	2	later
laver	8	50	3179	2	laver
laxer	12	54	2033	2	laxer
layer	8	46	2647	2	layer
lazar	14	41	1364	2	lazar
liber	7	47	2362	2	liber
lobar	7	3	1301	2	lobar
lobo	6	72	2986	2	lobo_
lobos	7	59	2184	2	lobos
major	14	52	1292	2	major
manor	7	80	2393	2	manor
mayor	10	66	1662	2	mayor
nabob	9	39	1374	2	nabob
payor	10	54	1384	2	payor
razor	14	30	1260	2	razor
saber	7	53	3024	2	saber
sabir	7	59	1700	2	sabir
sabot	7	9	3178	2	sabot
sapor	7	51	1925	2	sapor
savor	8	54	1794	2	savor
taber	7	38	2582	2	taber
taboo	7	34	1809	2	taboo
tabors	8	45	1711	2	tabors
tabour	8	40	1132	2	tabour
valor	8	36	1489	2	valor
vapor	10	40	1309	2	vapor

Search took 2 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	53800	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	68	1.466	36698.5
3	Display Results	68	68	0.016	4250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	68	1.795	99549.3