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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “typewriters” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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39 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
typewriters	19	5	205	(None)
typewriter	18	5	228	1	typewriter_
typewrites	18	4	285	1	typewrite_s
typewrite	17	4	248	2	typewrite__
copywriters	21	5	197	3	copywriters
rewriters	12	3	634	3	__rewriters
typesetters	16	5	169	3	typesetters
typewriting	20	5	201	3	typewriting
typewritings	21	6	140	3	typewritings
typewritten	19	6	124	3	typewritten
typewrote	17	5	197	3	typewrote__
yperites	13	3	1015	3	_ype_rite_s
copywriter	20	5	247	4	copywriter_
cowriters	14	31	728	4	__cowriters
expediters	20	4	346	4	expe_diters
eyewaters	15	4	360	4	ey_ew_aters
freewrites	16	4	357	4	freewrite_s
hypermeters	21	5	558	4	hypermeters
hypocrites	20	5	519	4	hypocrite_s
nonwriters	13	4	509	4	_nonwriters
peripters	13	6	812	4	__pe_ripters
pewters	12	41	1335	4	__pew__ters
rewriter	11	3	792	4	__rewriter_
rewrites	11	3	1106	4	__rewrite_s
skywriters	20	5	182	4	_skywriters
songwriters	15	5	210	4	songwriters
subwriters	15	4	441	4	_subwriters
taperers	10	26	977	4	tape_r__ers
teleprinters	14	5	171	4	teleprinters
teletypewriters	23	8	57	4	~~tele~~typewriters
tephrites	14	4	631	4	tep_hrite_s
terriers	8	42	1082	4	t__erri_ers
theorizers	22	4	333	4	t_heorizers
tidewaters	14	4	346	4	tidew_aters
typesetter	15	5	182	4	typesetter_
typifiers	17	4	230	4	typ_ifi_ers
underwriters	16	5	280	4	underwriters
writers	10	55	1349	4	____writers
yperite	12	4	989	4	_ype_rite__

Search took 10 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	39	9.266	16060.8
3	Display Results	39	39	0.016	2437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	39	9.702	18418.0