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

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

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84 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
helpers	12	33	1185	(None)
heapers	12	36	1667	1	heapers
hellers	10	36	1983	1	hellers
helper	11	43	1309	1	helper_
yelpers	12	34	820	1	yelpers
beepers	11	36	1238	2	beepers
beliers	9	46	1738	2	beliers
belters	9	38	1941	2	belters
cheepers	15	32	901	2	cheepers
delvers	11	34	1199	2	delvers
elders	7	48	1730	2	_elders
elopers	9	51	1294	2	_elopers
elvers	9	38	1498	2	_elvers
fellers	10	41	1754	2	fellers
gelders	9	38	1257	2	gelders
gulpers	10	29	901	2	gulpers
halers	9	49	2691	2	hal_ers
halters	10	46	1980	2	halters
halvers	13	33	1142	2	halvers
hampers	14	36	1695	2	hampers
harpers	12	49	1620	2	harpers
headers	11	38	1939	2	headers
healers	10	43	1946	2	healers
heaper	11	41	1952	2	heaper_
hearers	10	43	1978	2	hearers
heaters	10	42	2522	2	heaters
heavers	13	37	1719	2	heavers
heders	10	41	1976	2	he_ders
hedgers	12	43	1026	2	hedgers
heeders	11	42	1374	2	heeders
heelers	10	38	1562	2	heelers
hefters	13	43	1200	2	hefters
heifers	13	3	793	2	heifers
heller	9	33	2251	2	heller_
helleri	10	38	997	2	helleri
helleris	11	30	1018	2	helleris
hellery	13	32	921	2	hellery
helmets	12	30	907	2	helmets
helped	12	47	1415	2	helpe_d
helpless	13	3	506	2	helpless
helps	10	52	1934	2	help__s
helves	12	43	1606	2	helve_s
hemmers	14	33	1084	2	hemmers
hepper	13	34	1266	2	hepper_
herders	11	39	1412	2	herders
herpes	11	55	1732	2	herpe_s
hewers	12	37	1527	2	he_wers
hexers	16	56	1275	2	he_xers
hillers	10	37	1873	2	hillers
holders	11	37	1590	2	holders
hollers	10	38	1823	2	hollers
hoopers	12	36	1648	2	hoopers
hopers	11	42	2297	2	h_opers
hoppers	14	31	1514	2	hoppers
hullers	10	36	1626	2	hullers
humpers	14	27	1352	2	humpers
hypers	14	48	1191	2	h_ypers
jeepers	16	39	919	2	jeepers
keepers	13	34	1098	2	keepers
kelters	11	38	1375	2	kelters
leapers	9	37	1666	2	leapers
lepers	8	48	1732	2	le_pers
melders	10	32	1391	2	melders
melters	9	39	1831	2	melters
peepers	11	37	1367	2	peepers
pelters	9	37	2031	2	pelters
peppers	10	33	1144	2	peppers
pulpers	11	46	1228	2	pulpers
reapers	9	35	2045	2	reapers
reliers	7	55	1921	2	reliers
sellers	7	37	2131	2	sellers
shellers	11	28	1257	2	shellers
shelters	11	34	1281	2	shelters
shelvers	14	38	881	2	shelvers
telfers	10	29	907	2	telfers
tellers	7	37	1759	2	tellers
telphers	13	3	547	2	telphers
tempers	11	35	1301	2	tempers
vespers	12	3	903	2	vespers
weepers	12	35	1197	2	weepers
welders	11	33	1341	2	welders
welters	10	35	1606	2	welters
yellers	10	39	1295	2	yellers
yelper	11	45	878	2	yelper_

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	107671	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	84	2.966	36301.8
3	Display Results	84	84	0.033	2545.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	84	3.422	52218.3