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

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

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53 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
smearer	9	41	1040	(None)
searer	6	54	3202	1	s_earer
shearer	10	44	1469	1	shearer
smeared	10	45	1062	1	smeared
smearers	10	30	862	1	smearers
smearier	10	3	695	1	smearier
spearer	9	39	1366	1	spearer
swearer	10	34	995	1	swearer
bearer	8	53	2391	2	_bearer
besmearer	13	4	317	2	besmearer
clearer	9	37	1082	2	clearer
dearer	7	48	2280	2	_dearer
fearer	9	48	2018	2	_fearer
hearer	9	43	2365	2	_hearer
meager	9	45	1520	2	_meager
meaner	8	46	1784	2	_meaner
merer	7	51	2623	2	_me_rer
nearer	6	46	1889	2	_nearer
rearer	6	49	2891	2	_rearer
scarer	8	45	2461	2	s_carer
sealer	6	39	2896	2	s_ealer
seamer	8	42	2361	2	s_eamer
seared	7	52	3284	2	s_eared
seater	6	45	3416	2	s_eater
serer	5	59	3551	2	s_e_rer
sharer	9	50	2548	2	s_harer
sheared	11	45	1601	2	sheared
shearers	11	39	1132	2	shearers
sheerer	10	38	1385	2	sheerer
smarter	9	41	1313	2	sm_arter
smear	7	44	1639	2	smea__r
smears	8	47	1443	2	smear_s
smeary	11	41	1080	2	smear_y
smeller	9	42	1279	2	smeller
smelter	9	33	1191	2	smelter
snarer	6	46	2084	2	s_narer
sneaker	11	29	1045	2	sneaker
sneerer	7	35	1231	2	sneerer
soarer	6	45	2224	2	s_oarer
sparer	8	45	2496	2	s_parer
speaker	13	33	1121	2	speaker
speared	10	43	1442	2	speared
spearers	10	37	1114	2	spearers
squarer	16	34	1066	2	squarer
starer	6	40	2736	2	s_tarer
stealer	7	29	1398	2	stealer
steamer	9	33	1309	2	steamer
steerer	7	31	1363	2	steerer
sugarer	8	3	732	2	sugarer
swearers	11	32	858	2	swearers
sweater	10	37	1272	2	sweater
tearer	6	48	2290	2	_tearer
wearer	9	43	1941	2	_wearer

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	53	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	53	53	0.016	3312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	53	3.685	48491.5