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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cryptographer” 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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27 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
cryptographer	26	6	374	(None)
cryptographers	27	6	291	1	cryptographers
cryptograph	24	5	464	2	cryptograph__
cryptographic	28	6	446	2	cryptographic
cryptographies	27	5	408	2	cryptographies
cryptographs	25	5	457	2	cryptograph_s
cryptography	28	5	456	2	cryptograph_y
cartographer	20	9	611	3	c_artographer
reprographer	20	5	625	3	_reprographer
typographer	22	5	534	3	_typ_ographer
cartographers	21	9	446	4	c_artographers
chirographer	23	10	606	4	c_hirographer
choreographer	24	9	574	4	choreographer
chorographer	23	11	824	4	c_horographer
chromatographer	28	21	358	4	chromatographer
cosmographer	22	5	488	4	c_osmographer
cryptogram	20	5	396	4	cryptogra___m
cryptograms	21	5	371	4	cryptogra__ms
hydrographer	25	5	580	4	_hydrographer
mythographer	26	12	451	4	_mythographer
photographer	23	4	969	4	_photographer
physiographer	27	5	434	4	physiographer
reprographers	21	5	466	4	_reprographers
topographer	19	4	669	4	_top_ographer
typographed	23	5	468	4	_typ_ographed
typographers	23	5	407	4	_typ_ographers
xylographer	27	5	483	4	_xy_lographer

Search took 6 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	95024	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	27	5.156	18429.8
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	5.562	32127.1