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

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

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74 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
spearer	9	39	1366	(None)
searer	6	54	3202	1	s_earer
shearer	10	44	1468	1	shearer
smearer	9	41	1040	1	smearer
sparer	8	45	2496	1	sp_arer
speaker	13	33	1121	1	speaker
speared	10	43	1442	1	speared
spearers	10	37	1114	1	spearers
swearer	10	34	995	1	swearer
bearer	8	53	2391	2	_bearer
clearer	9	37	1082	2	clearer
dearer	7	48	2280	2	_dearer
fearer	9	48	2018	2	_fearer
hearer	9	43	2364	2	_hearer
nearer	6	46	1889	2	_nearer
parer	7	58	3990	2	_p_arer
pearler	9	3	1037	2	_pearler
pearter	9	4	1274	2	_pearter
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	1600	2	sheared
shearers	11	39	1132	2	shearers
sheerer	10	38	1384	2	sheerer
smeared	10	45	1062	2	smeared
smearers	10	30	862	2	smearers
smearier	10	3	695	2	smearier
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
spacer	10	49	1779	2	sp_acer
spader	9	43	1713	2	sp_ader
spare	7	51	3556	2	sp_are_
spared	9	54	2749	2	sp_ared
sparers	9	45	1961	2	sp_arers
spares	8	48	3455	2	sp_ares
sparger	10	36	1308	2	sp_arger
sparker	13	39	1436	2	sp_arker
sparser	9	43	1148	2	sp_arser
speakers	14	29	945	2	speakers
speaned	10	34	1152	2	speaned
spear	7	58	2106	2	spea__r
spearmen	12	3	485	2	spearmen
spears	8	40	1947	2	spear_s
specter	11	31	1173	2	specter
speeder	10	38	1107	2	speeder
speer	7	46	2390	2	spe__er
speered	10	36	1481	2	speered
speired	10	38	1110	2	speired
speller	9	54	1515	2	speller
spelter	9	41	1370	2	spelter
spencer	11	36	1097	2	spencer
spender	10	37	1369	2	spender
spewer	11	51	1215	2	spe_wer
sprayer	12	36	904	2	sprayer
spreader	11	3	748	2	spreader
spurrer	9	37	1022	2	spurrer
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
upbearer	12	4	358	2	upbearer
wearer	9	43	1940	2	_wearer

Search took 5 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	74	3.856	27923.0
3	Display Results	74	74	0.033	2242.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	74	4.312	41440.4