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

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

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76 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
encountered	14	5	275	(None)
rencountered	15	5	221	1	rencountered
countered	12	3	1300	2	__countered
encounter	11	4	518	2	encounter__
encounters	12	4	455	2	encounter_s
reencountered	16	6	115	2	reencountered
accoutered	15	4	278	3	accou_tered
chuntered	15	3	666	3	__chuntered
encountering	15	8	313	3	encountering
encumbered	17	4	264	3	enc_umbered
rencounter	12	4	429	3	rencounter__
rencounters	13	4	330	3	rencounter_s
uncluttered	14	5	191	3	uncluttered
uncounted	12	3	852	3	uncount__ed
accounted	14	4	482	4	account__ed
accoutred	14	4	336	4	accou_t_red
cantered	11	34	1598	4	__c_antered
centered	11	25	1352	4	__c_entered
clustered	12	18	661	4	__clustered
cluttered	12	18	594	4	__cluttered
cocounseled	16	5	111	4	cocounseled
coinhered	15	3	659	4	__coinhered
cointerred	13	4	655	4	__cointerred
concentered	16	4	500	4	conc_entered
cornered	11	3	1113	4	__corn_ered
cottered	11	25	1173	4	__co_ttered
counseled	12	4	505	4	__counseled
counted	10	38	1580	4	__count__ed
counter	9	42	2015	4	__counter__
counterbid	15	4	608	4	__counterbid
countermen	14	4	929	4	__countermen
counters	10	33	2019	4	__counter_s
countersued	14	4	707	4	__countersued
decentered	14	4	532	4	dec_entered
enchanted	15	4	655	4	enchant__ed
enchanter	14	4	619	4	enchanter__
enchanters	15	4	522	4	enchanter_s
enciphered	18	5	319	4	enc_iphered
encored	10	4	1210	4	enco____red
encouraged	14	4	309	4	encou_raged
encrusted	12	12	500	4	encrust__ed
endangered	13	4	306	4	en_dangered
enfettered	14	4	248	4	en_fettered
engendered	13	4	282	4	en_gendered
engineered	12	5	268	4	en_gineered
enounced	11	3	588	4	en_oun__ced
entered	8	27	1888	4	e____ntered
floundered	15	4	242	4	_floundered
foundered	14	3	540	4	__foundered
incumbered	17	4	300	4	inc_umbered
neutered	9	3	742	4	_n_eu_tered
recounted	12	3	871	4	recount__ed
recounter	11	3	794	4	recounter__
recounters	12	4	621	4	recounter_s
reencounter	13	5	220	4	reencounter__
reencounters	14	5	172	4	reencounter_s
rencontre	11	4	416	4	renco_nt_re_
rencontres	12	4	438	4	renco_nt_res
rencountering	16	12	247	4	rencountering
sauntered	10	3	628	4	__sauntered
scouthered	16	4	364	4	_scouthered
scunnered	12	4	380	4	_sc_unnered
scuttered	12	16	642	4	_sc_uttered
unbuttered	13	5	313	4	un_buttered
uncatered	12	3	740	4	unc__atered
unchartered	17	4	283	4	unchartered
unconcerned	16	5	342	4	unco_ncerned
unconquered	23	5	249	4	unconquered
uncontested	14	4	456	4	unco_ntested
unconverted	17	4	477	4	unco_nverted
uncovered	15	4	661	4	unco__vered
uncultured	13	4	467	4	unc_ultured
unentered	10	3	757	4	un__entered
unlaundered	13	5	194	4	unlaundered
unmounted	12	4	590	4	unmount__ed
unuttered	10	6	573	4	un__uttered

Search took 9 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	76	8.046	18496.0
3	Display Results	76	76	0.033	2303.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	76	8.502	21017.5