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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

15 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
semaphores	17	4	467	(None)
semaphore	16	4	435	1	semaphore_
semaphored	18	5	297	1	semaphored
seashores	12	4	796	2	se_ashores
aerophores	15	4	857	3	aerophores
megaphones	18	4	468	3	megaphones
melaphyres	20	5	287	3	melaphyres
metaphors	16	4	568	3	metaphor_s
samphires	16	4	551	3	sam_phires
seahorse	11	4	559	3	se_a_horse
seahorses	12	4	616	3	se_a_horses
seaports	10	3	846	3	se_ap_orts
seashore	11	4	772	3	se_ashore_
semaphoring	19	5	259	3	semaphoring
senhores	11	28	1099	3	se__nhores

Search took 7 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	140603	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	6.410	21934.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.813	26227.9