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

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

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87 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
hedger	11	49	1265	(None)
edger	7	52	1595	1	_edger
heder	9	56	2364	1	hed_er
hedge	10	53	1735	1	hedge_
hedged	12	52	1181	1	hedged
hedgers	12	43	1026	1	hedgers
hedges	11	50	1626	1	hedges
hedgier	12	36	788	1	hedgier
ledger	8	59	1439	1	ledger
badger	10	54	1508	2	badger
bedder	10	42	1579	2	bedder
budger	10	46	1771	2	budger
cadger	10	50	1391	2	cadger
ceder	8	53	2224	2	ced_er
cheder	12	51	1349	2	ched_er
codger	10	58	1487	2	codger
dodger	9	58	1705	2	dodger
dredger	10	34	745	2	dredger
eager	6	55	2697	2	_eager
edge	6	57	1968	2	_edge_
edged	8	55	1453	2	_edged
edgers	8	44	1392	2	_edgers
edges	7	57	1874	2	_edges
edgier	8	46	973	2	_edgier
eger	5	59	2357	2	_e_ger
egger	7	44	1441	2	_egger
hanger	10	40	2325	2	hanger
header	10	44	2254	2	header
headgear	13	4	337	2	headgear
headier	11	32	1295	2	headier
healer	9	42	2180	2	healer
heaper	11	41	1952	2	heaper
hearer	9	43	2364	2	hearer
heater	9	48	2830	2	heater
heaver	12	48	1967	2	heaver
heders	10	41	1976	2	hed_ers
hedgerow	16	4	232	2	hedgerow
hedgy	13	45	1075	2	hedg_y
heeder	10	42	1604	2	heeder
heeler	9	39	1731	2	heeler
hefter	12	43	1392	2	hefter
heifer	12	3	820	2	heifer
heller	9	33	2251	2	heller
helper	11	43	1309	2	helper
hemmer	13	41	1264	2	hemmer
henge	9	48	1983	2	henge_
henges	10	45	1646	2	henges
hepper	13	34	1266	2	hepper
herder	10	45	1646	2	herder
hewer	11	57	1993	2	he_wer
hexer	15	51	1668	2	he_xer
hider	9	50	2408	2	hid_er
hinger	10	47	2333	2	hinger
hogger	11	46	1508	2	hogger
huger	9	49	1487	2	h_uger
hugger	11	47	1312	2	hugger
hunger	10	40	1520	2	hunger
judger	15	44	1145	2	judger
kedge	11	55	1373	2	kedge_
kedged	13	43	975	2	kedged
kedges	12	48	1298	2	kedges
kegger	12	38	808	2	kegger
ledge	7	65	1949	2	ledge_
ledgers	9	49	1218	2	ledgers
ledges	8	49	1801	2	ledges
ledgier	9	45	850	2	ledgier
leger	6	57	2151	2	le_ger
lodger	8	65	1769	2	lodger
meager	9	45	1520	2	meager
merger	9	50	1648	2	merger
nudger	8	51	1164	2	nudger
pedler	9	36	1462	2	pedler
pledger	11	35	917	2	pledger
redder	8	39	1814	2	redder
seder	6	48	2676	2	sed_er
sedge	7	50	1997	2	sedge_
sedges	8	38	1781	2	sedges
sedgier	9	39	905	2	sedgier
serger	7	38	1974	2	serger
shedder	12	33	932	2	shedder
tedder	8	33	1216	2	tedder
verger	10	43	1570	2	verger
wedder	11	36	1230	2	wedder
wedge	10	52	1566	2	wedge_
wedged	12	51	1030	2	wedged
wedges	11	46	1458	2	wedges
wedgier	12	42	828	2	wedgier

Search took 3 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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	87	2.513	32849.6
3	Display Results	87	87	0.033	2636.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	87	2.892	61788.0