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

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

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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
fencer	11	46	1353	(None)
fence	10	53	1991	1	fence_
fenced	12	44	1271	1	fenced
fencers	12	38	1062	1	fencers
fences	11	46	1711	1	fences
fender	10	37	1872	1	fender
bencher	14	41	1348	2	bencher
bender	9	52	2330	2	bender
cancer	10	42	2092	2	cancer
censer	8	45	1658	2	censer
center	8	44	2141	2	center
dancer	9	48	1761	2	dancer
deicer	9	41	1441	2	deicer
denier	7	44	2069	2	denier
denser	7	41	1519	2	denser
ender	6	43	2586	2	_ender
enter	5	47	2638	2	_enter
facer	10	55	2505	2	f_acer
fancier	12	34	1206	2	fancier
fanner	9	42	1818	2	fanner
farcer	11	50	1608	2	farcer
fearer	9	48	2018	2	fearer
feater	9	52	2405	2	feater
feces	10	56	2536	2	fe_ces
feeder	10	35	1384	2	feeder
feeler	9	32	1517	2	feeler
feller	9	44	1955	2	feller
fencerow	16	4	200	2	fencerow
fended	11	42	1691	2	fended
fenders	11	37	1726	2	fenders
fennec	11	32	691	2	fennec
fennel	9	42	947	2	fennel
fennier	10	33	925	2	fennier
fernier	10	31	1082	2	fernier
fester	9	47	2351	2	fester
fetcher	15	35	1039	2	fetcher
fetter	9	41	2038	2	fetter
fever	11	56	1795	2	fe_ver
fewer	11	52	1612	2	fe_wer
feyer	11	50	1452	2	fe_yer
fiercer	12	35	695	2	fiercer
finder	10	40	2023	2	finder
finer	8	54	3156	2	fin_er
finger	10	49	2033	2	finger
fleecer	12	36	803	2	fleecer
flenser	10	3	678	2	flenser
fonder	10	41	2006	2	fonder
forcer	11	49	1734	2	forcer
funder	10	40	1608	2	funder
funker	13	39	1576	2	funker
funner	9	34	1410	2	funner
gender	8	35	1793	2	gender
hence	10	49	2004	2	hence_
lancer	8	43	1997	2	lancer
lender	7	39	2127	2	lender
menacer	11	26	1088	2	menacer
mender	9	35	2079	2	mender
mercer	10	52	1420	2	mercer
mincer	10	40	1736	2	mincer
pence	9	49	2445	2	pence_
pencel	10	38	1291	2	pencel
penner	8	46	1666	2	penner
pincer	10	40	1917	2	pincer
render	7	40	2414	2	render
renter	6	45	2741	2	renter
sender	7	38	2441	2	sender
spencer	11	36	1097	2	spencer
tender	7	41	2184	2	tender
tenner	6	41	1710	2	tenner
tenser	6	49	1943	2	tenser
tenter	6	46	2393	2	tenter
vender	10	34	1842	2	vender
veneer	9	45	1169	2	veneer
venter	9	42	1872	2	venter
wencher	15	38	1113	2	wencher
wincer	11	50	1819	2	wincer

Search took 5 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	76	3.906	21134.4
3	Display Results	76	76	0.046	1652.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	76	4.312	41440.4