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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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45 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
sponger	10	3	852	(None)
sponge	9	3	966	1	sponge_
sponged	11	3	795	1	sponged
spongers	11	3	760	1	spongers
sponges	10	3	1104	1	sponges
spongier	11	3	574	1	spongier
conger	9	50	2427	2	_conger
longer	7	58	2320	2	_longer
monger	9	44	1833	2	_monger
pinger	9	43	2409	2	_pinger
ponder	9	45	2169	2	_ponder
ponged	10	56	1935	2	_ponged
pongee	9	49	2019	2	_pongee
sanger	7	45	2456	2	s_anger
singer	7	42	2731	2	s_inger
slinger	8	34	1383	2	slinger
slogger	9	43	1048	2	slogger
sonder	7	36	2352	2	s_onder
sooner	6	42	2046	2	soon_er
spanker	13	36	1235	2	spanker
spanner	9	43	1256	2	spanner
sparger	10	36	1308	2	sparger
spencer	11	36	1097	2	spencer
spender	10	37	1369	2	spender
spinier	9	37	1516	2	spinier
spinner	9	39	1226	2	spinner
spoiler	9	33	1068	2	spoiler
spondee	10	3	1059	2	spondee
spongin	10	3	637	2	spongin
spongy	12	3	674	2	spong_y
sponsor	9	3	497	2	sponsor
spoofer	12	36	872	2	spoofer
spooler	9	37	1138	2	spooler
spoonier	10	16	765	2	spoonier
sporter	9	36	1655	2	sporter
spotter	9	45	1488	2	spotter
spouter	9	42	1322	2	spouter
springer	11	33	1175	2	springer
stinger	8	43	1468	2	stinger
stoner	6	58	2320	2	ston_er
stonier	7	20	1379	2	stonier
stronger	9	34	969	2	stronger
swinger	11	38	1256	2	swinger
tonger	7	47	1968	2	_tonger
wronger	11	28	882	2	wronger

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	45	3.750	28712.3
3	Display Results	45	45	0.016	2812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	4.156	42995.9