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

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

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75 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
ambusher	15	4	411	(None)
ambushed	16	4	446	1	ambushed
ambushers	16	4	343	1	ambushers
ambushes	15	3	580	1	ambushes
abuser	8	54	1368	2	a_bus_er
ambush	13	3	610	2	ambush__
amuser	8	47	1262	2	am_us_er
busher	11	49	2220	2	__busher
musher	11	38	2057	2	_m_usher
abaser	8	64	1434	3	a_bas_er
abashed	13	5	766	3	a_bashed
abashes	12	5	1037	3	a_bashes
abuse	7	71	1956	3	a_bus_e_
abused	9	56	1427	3	a_bus_ed
abusers	9	47	1055	3	a_bus_ers
abuses	8	51	1910	3	a_bus_es
abutter	9	5	751	3	a_butter
accuser	11	34	793	3	accus_er
adjuster	16	4	434	3	adjuster
amasser	9	41	873	3	am_asser
ambeer	10	45	1159	3	amb__eer
amber	9	45	2320	3	amb___er
ambler	10	49	1644	3	amb__ler
ambuscader	17	5	173	3	ambuscader
ambushing	17	4	403	3	ambushing
ambushment	19	6	444	3	ambushment
amuse	7	59	2083	3	am_us_e_
amused	9	44	1251	3	am_us_ed
amusers	9	46	1019	3	am_us_ers
amuses	8	51	1794	3	am_us_es
ankushes	15	4	458	3	ankushes
arouser	7	45	1442	3	arous_er
auguster	9	4	394	3	auguster
avoucher	16	5	385	3	avoucher
basher	11	51	2381	3	__basher
blusher	12	41	1311	3	_blusher
brusher	12	38	1300	3	_brusher
bushed	12	48	2238	3	__bushed
bushel	11	45	1394	3	__bushel
bushers	12	40	1880	3	__bushers
bushes	11	52	2611	3	__bushes
bushier	12	37	1281	3	__bushier
busier	8	52	1972	3	__busier
busker	12	55	1783	3	__busker
buster	8	47	2649	3	__buster
crusher	12	44	1232	3	_crusher
embosser	12	4	428	3	embosser
flusher	13	30	1227	3	_flusher
gusher	10	41	1577	3	__gusher
hagbushes	18	4	256	3	hagbushes
hamburger	17	11	309	3	hamburger
iambuses	12	3	578	3	iambus_es
lusher	9	38	1876	3	__lusher
masher	11	41	2320	3	_m_asher
maybushes	19	4	244	3	maybushes
mosher	11	47	1979	3	_m_osher
mouser	8	58	2244	3	_mous_er
mousier	9	37	1246	3	_mousier
mouther	12	38	1281	3	_mouther
muser	7	60	2412	3	_m_us_er
mushed	12	44	2084	3	_m_ushed
mushers	12	40	1643	3	_m_ushers
mushes	11	41	2456	3	_m_ushes
mushier	12	38	1358	3	_m_ushier
muster	8	47	2452	3	_m_uster
plusher	12	40	1038	3	_plusher
pusher	11	43	1828	3	__pusher
robuster	10	3	566	3	robuster
rusher	9	40	1965	3	__rusher
shusher	13	28	811	3	_shusher
smasher	12	39	1101	3	sm_asher
smushed	13	36	823	3	sm_ushed
smushes	12	37	1009	3	sm_ushes
tarbushes	14	4	488	3	tarbushes
usher	8	45	1776	3	___usher

Search took 8 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	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	75	7.156	20425.1
3	Display Results	75	75	0.013	5769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	75	7.325	24394.7