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

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

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82 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
clangers	11	43	1234	(None)
changers	14	43	1320	1	changers
clanger	10	41	1349	1	clanger_
clangors	11	41	700	1	clangors
clingers	11	38	1066	1	clingers
flangers	12	33	1137	1	flangers
angers	7	52	2254	2	__angers
bangers	10	40	2035	2	_bangers
blungers	11	46	984	2	blungers
cadgers	11	47	1200	2	c_adgers
cagers	9	56	2419	2	c_a_gers
cancers	11	40	1858	2	c_ancers
caners	8	46	2920	2	c_an_ers
cankers	13	44	1875	2	c_ankers
canners	9	38	2266	2	c_anners
canoers	9	43	1837	2	c_anoers
canters	9	48	2773	2	c_anters
chancers	15	43	1349	2	chancers
changer	13	42	1554	2	changer_
changes	13	45	1758	2	change_s
chanters	13	40	1674	2	chanters
chargers	14	40	1132	2	chargers
clabbers	14	35	990	2	clabbers
clackers	16	39	1170	2	clackers
claimers	12	29	874	2	claimers
clambers	14	42	1129	2	clambers
clammers	14	35	1069	2	clammers
clampers	14	32	1189	2	clampers
clanged	11	42	1265	2	clange_d
clangor	10	42	668	2	clangor_
clangours	12	26	312	2	clangours
clangs	9	51	1361	2	clang__s
clappers	14	33	1083	2	clappers
claquers	19	22	620	2	claquers
clashers	13	42	1399	2	clashers
claspers	12	44	1091	2	claspers
classers	10	41	1183	2	classers
clatters	10	33	1391	2	clatters
clavers	12	43	1490	2	cla_vers
claviers	13	6	710	2	claviers
clawers	12	39	1097	2	cla_wers
cleaners	10	36	1054	2	clean_ers
cleansers	11	33	507	2	cleansers
clinger	10	38	1215	2	clinger_
clinkers	14	33	983	2	clinkers
cloggers	12	43	728	2	cloggers
cloners	9	45	1482	2	clon_ers
clunkers	14	32	755	2	clunkers
colanders	12	3	801	2	colanders
congers	10	42	2323	2	c_ongers
cringers	11	25	1187	2	cringers
dangers	9	48	1821	2	_dangers
flaggers	13	32	807	2	flaggers
flanger	11	34	1262	2	flanger_
flanges	11	34	1327	2	flange_s
flankers	15	34	930	2	flankers
flingers	12	34	1019	2	flingers
gangers	9	44	1860	2	_gangers
glancers	11	40	800	2	glancers
glanders	10	38	1150	2	glanders
grangers	10	30	1197	2	grangers
hangers	11	31	2081	2	_hangers
laagers	8	34	1125	2	_laagers
lagers	7	48	2614	2	_la_gers
laggers	9	42	1624	2	_laggers
lancers	9	36	1664	2	_lancers
landers	8	40	2621	2	_landers
langurs	8	8	910	2	_langurs
lanners	7	36	1833	2	_lanners
lingers	8	42	2330	2	_lingers
longers	8	48	1954	2	_longers
lungers	8	38	1709	2	_lungers
mangers	10	35	2126	2	_mangers
planers	9	45	1794	2	plan_ers
planners	10	39	993	2	planners
planters	10	29	1532	2	planters
plungers	11	37	940	2	plungers
rangers	8	36	2104	2	_rangers
sangers	8	44	2194	2	_sangers
slanders	9	40	1401	2	slanders
slingers	9	37	1268	2	slingers
twangers	12	22	606	2	twangers

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	82	3.406	35542.9
3	Display Results	82	82	0.030	2733.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	82	3.826	46704.4