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

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

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60 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
bowyers	15	43	873	(None)
bowers	11	55	2370	1	bow_ers
bowlers	12	37	1578	1	bowlers
bowyer	14	36	892	1	bowyer_
bawlers	12	44	1273	2	bawlers
blowers	12	43	1359	2	blow_ers
boaters	9	34	1924	2	boaters
bobbers	10	36	1428	2	bobbers
boilers	9	34	1706	2	boilers
bolters	9	40	1780	2	bolters
bombers	13	45	1259	2	bombers
bonders	10	41	2066	2	bonders
boners	8	48	2543	2	bo_ners
bonkers	13	40	1530	2	bonkers
boogers	10	45	1463	2	boogers
bookers	13	40	1661	2	bookers
boomers	11	41	1591	2	boomers
boozers	18	39	1244	2	boozers
boppers	13	39	1192	2	boppers
borders	10	43	1753	2	borders
borers	8	51	2268	2	bo_rers
bothers	12	43	1775	2	bothers
bowels	11	43	1559	2	bow_els
bower	10	73	2818	2	bow_er_
bowery	14	60	1211	2	bow_ery
bowlders	14	30	649	2	bowlders
bowlegs	13	36	682	2	bowlegs
bowler	11	42	1731	2	bowler_
bowless	12	33	1031	2	bowless
bowses	11	57	1886	2	bowse_s
boxers	15	50	1348	2	bo_xers
boyars	11	56	1198	2	bo_yars
brayers	12	45	1190	2	brayers
browsers	13	44	920	2	browsers
buyers	11	45	1100	2	b_uyers
cowers	11	46	2553	2	cow_ers
dowers	10	45	2329	2	dow_ers
downers	11	39	1277	2	downers
dowsers	11	50	1353	2	dowsers
fowlers	13	34	1120	2	fowlers
foyers	12	54	1313	2	fo_yers
howlers	13	33	1235	2	howlers
lawyers	13	37	715	2	lawyers
lowers	9	46	2492	2	low_ers
mowers	11	32	1940	2	mow_ers
obeyers	12	3	481	2	obeyers
owners	9	42	1070	2	_owners
oyers	8	76	2088	2	_o_yers
powders	13	41	1155	2	powders
powers	11	38	2232	2	pow_ers
powters	12	40	1566	2	powters
rowers	9	49	2457	2	row_ers
sawyers	13	31	753	2	sawyers
sowers	9	49	2344	2	sow_ers
towers	9	44	2367	2	tow_ers
toyers	9	55	1633	2	to_yers
twyers	12	49	741	2	_twyers
vowers	12	43	1718	2	vow_ers
wowsers	13	48	876	2	wowsers
yowlers	13	32	892	2	yowlers

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	60	2.966	36301.8
3	Display Results	60	60	0.016	3750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	3.358	53213.5