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

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

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75 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
observed	14	4	438	(None)
observe	12	4	533	1	observe_
observer	13	4	473	1	observer
observes	13	4	617	1	observes
conserved	15	3	885	2	conserved
deserved	13	10	813	2	deserved
observers	14	4	397	2	observers
obsessed	11	4	427	2	obsessed
obverted	14	3	510	2	obverted
outserved	13	13	646	2	outserved
reobserved	16	4	240	2	reobserved
reserved	12	10	1058	2	reserved
served	10	46	1681	2	__served
subserved	15	4	514	2	subserved
unobserved	16	4	243	2	unobserved
unserved	12	4	1023	2	unserved
abseiled	11	4	473	3	abseiled
absented	11	5	661	3	absented
absolved	14	4	313	3	absolved
absorbed	13	4	426	3	absorbed
absterged	13	5	335	3	absterged
asserted	9	5	790	3	asserted
bermed	11	52	1772	3	_b_ermed
bowered	13	31	1304	3	bower_ed
conserve	13	3	993	3	conserve_
conserver	14	4	872	3	conserver
conserves	14	3	1119	3	conserves
deserted	10	10	1220	3	deserted
deserve	11	10	870	3	deserve_
deserver	12	11	838	3	deserver
deserves	12	10	989	3	deserves
disserved	14	10	700	3	disserved
enserfed	12	4	519	3	enserfed
exserted	16	3	621	3	exserted
innerved	12	4	629	3	innerved
inserted	9	24	1305	3	inserted
lobstered	12	4	464	3	lobster_ed
nerved	10	41	1168	3	__nerved
obeyed	12	3	582	3	ob_e_yed
objected	20	4	349	3	objected
obscured	13	4	389	3	obscured
obsecrated	15	4	373	3	obsecrated
observant	14	4	446	3	observant
observing	15	4	439	3	observing
obsesses	10	3	622	3	obsesses
obtected	13	4	455	3	obtected
obtested	11	3	545	3	obtested
obverse	12	3	475	3	obverse_
obverses	13	3	580	3	obverses
ochered	13	26	1028	3	ocher_ed
offered	14	3	614	3	offer_ed
ordered	9	10	853	3	order_ed
osiered	8	3	712	3	osier_ed
outserve	11	15	720	3	outserve_
outserves	12	14	737	3	outserves
overbed	13	28	1185	3	o_verbed
overed	10	22	1662	3	o_ver_ed
overfed	14	25	1025	3	o_verfed
oystered	12	3	692	3	oyster_ed
preserved	15	10	756	3	preserved
reobserve	14	4	247	3	reobserve_
reobserves	15	4	263	3	reobserves
reserve	10	10	1120	3	reserve_
reserver	11	11	963	3	reserver
reserves	11	10	1198	3	reserves
sered	6	57	3729	3	__ser_ed
serged	8	41	1877	3	__serged
serve	8	54	2596	3	__serve_
server	9	49	1771	3	__server
serves	9	44	2365	3	__serves
sobered	10	29	1243	3	sob_er_ed
subserve	13	4	647	3	subserve_
subserves	14	4	718	3	subserves
swerved	14	5	570	3	_swerved
unnerved	12	4	806	3	unnerved

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	146162	0.750	238254.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	75	7.203	20291.8
3	Display Results	75	75	0.046	1630.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	75	7.999	22339.2