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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thawers” 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
thawers	13	42	848	(None)
chawers	15	44	1205	1	chawers
tawers	9	41	1860	1	t_awers
thalers	10	62	1226	1	thalers
thawer	12	48	934	1	thawer_
chafers	15	45	1274	2	chafers
chasers	12	37	1492	2	chasers
chawer	14	43	1441	2	chawer_
chewers	15	41	1114	2	chewers
clawers	12	39	1097	2	clawers
drawers	11	36	1007	2	drawers
gnawers	11	35	639	2	gnawers
halers	9	49	2691	2	_halers
haters	9	49	3040	2	_haters
havers	12	47	2148	2	_havers
hawkers	17	42	1033	2	_hawkers
hawsers	13	40	948	2	_hawsers
hayers	12	44	1594	2	_hayers
hazers	18	46	1595	2	_hazers
hewers	12	37	1527	2	_hewers
pawers	11	48	1878	2	_pawers
sawers	9	46	2016	2	_sawers
shaders	11	59	1555	2	shaders
shakers	14	40	1556	2	shakers
shapers	12	40	1689	2	shapers
sharers	10	47	2062	2	sharers
shavers	13	41	1509	2	shavers
shewers	13	43	1205	2	shewers
showers	13	46	1268	2	showers
tabers	8	46	2157	2	t_abers
takers	10	39	2374	2	t_akers
talers	6	46	2814	2	t_alers
tamers	8	42	2403	2	t_amers
tapers	8	40	2581	2	t_apers
taters	6	49	3220	2	t_aters
tawer	8	52	2344	2	t_awer_
taxers	13	40	1528	2	t_axers
tearers	7	52	1823	2	tearers
teasers	7	53	1724	2	teasers
thaler	9	46	1310	2	thaler_
thalwegs	15	4	162	2	thalwegs
thanes	9	49	1898	2	thane_s
thankers	15	29	783	2	thankers
thawed	13	45	846	2	thawe_d
thawless	14	3	408	2	thawless
thaws	11	65	1546	2	thaw__s
theaters	11	42	1190	2	theaters
throwers	14	10	603	2	throwers
towers	9	44	2367	2	t_owers
tracers	9	49	1784	2	tracers
traders	8	43	1695	2	traders
trawlers	11	33	1020	2	trawlers
whalers	13	52	970	2	whalers

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	53	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	53	53	0.013	4076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	53	3.529	50635.0