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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 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
senhor	9	30	1081	(None)
senhora	10	34	867	1	senhora
senhors	10	35	1213	1	senhors
senior	6	32	1405	1	senior
senor	5	38	2280	1	sen_or
sensor	6	38	1384	1	sensor
censor	8	40	1129	2	censor
ephor	10	3	1001	2	_ephor
menhir	11	3	678	2	menhir
mentor	8	4	1436	2	mentor
sector	8	34	1593	2	sector
seisor	6	37	1234	2	seisor
seizor	15	42	853	2	seizor
senator	7	3	1307	2	senator
sender	7	38	2441	2	sender
senhoras	11	27	828	2	senhoras
senhores	11	28	1099	2	senhores
seniors	7	34	1362	2	seniors
senora	6	32	1616	2	sen_ora
senors	6	36	2079	2	sen_ors
sensors	7	35	1464	2	sensors
sensory	10	32	909	2	sensory
stentor	7	3	938	2	stentor
tenor	5	36	2025	2	ten_or
tensor	6	38	1267	2	tensor
vendor	10	35	980	2	vendor

Search took 7 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	0.673	265514.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	5.420	15230.8
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	6.109	29250.5