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

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

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65 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
sharpers	13	38	1094	(None)
harpers	12	49	1620	1	_harpers
scarpers	12	47	1251	1	scarpers
shapers	12	40	1689	1	sha_pers
sharers	10	47	2062	1	shar_ers
sharkers	15	40	1105	1	sharkers
sharpens	13	37	781	1	sharpens
sharper	12	43	1270	1	sharper_
carpers	11	45	2125	2	_carpers
champers	17	33	1162	2	champers
chargers	14	40	1132	2	chargers
charmers	15	42	1133	2	charmers
charters	13	41	1558	2	charters
chirpers	15	35	813	2	chirpers
hampers	14	36	1695	2	_hampers
harmers	12	41	1659	2	_harmers
harper	11	50	1840	2	_harper_
sappers	11	35	1890	2	s_appers
scalpers	12	37	1086	2	scalpers
scampers	14	36	1103	2	scampers
scarers	9	46	1851	2	scar_ers
scarfers	13	40	846	2	scarfers
scarper	11	48	1482	2	scarper_
scaupers	12	37	817	2	scaupers
scrapers	12	55	1053	2	scrapers
shaders	11	59	1555	2	sha_ders
shakers	14	40	1556	2	sha_kers
shammers	15	37	1084	2	shammers
shaper	11	41	1993	2	sha_per_
shapes	11	51	2494	2	sha_pe_s
sharer	9	50	2548	2	shar_er_
shares	9	52	3641	2	shar_e_s
sharker	14	43	1381	2	sharker_
sharped	13	41	1205	2	sharpe_d
sharpen	12	38	972	2	sharpe_n
sharpeners	15	4	389	2	sharpeners
sharpest	13	3	914	2	sharpest
sharpies	13	4	1122	2	sharpies
sharpness	14	3	493	2	sharpness
sharps	11	55	1608	2	sharp__s
shatters	11	33	1391	2	shatters
shavers	13	41	1509	2	sha_vers
shearers	11	39	1132	2	shear_ers
shippers	15	30	1231	2	shippers
shirkers	15	31	958	2	shirkers
shoppers	15	30	1076	2	shoppers
slappers	12	37	1094	2	slappers
snappers	12	35	1017	2	snappers
snarers	7	42	1666	2	snar_ers
snarlers	8	29	875	2	snarlers
soapers	9	37	1592	2	soa_pers
soarers	7	41	1809	2	soar_ers
sparers	9	45	1961	2	spar_ers
spargers	11	38	973	2	spargers
sparkers	14	41	1131	2	sparkers
stampers	12	42	1160	2	stampers
starers	7	45	2231	2	star_ers
starkers	12	37	1239	2	starkers
starters	8	37	1477	2	starters
starvers	11	45	964	2	starvers
swampers	15	31	747	2	swampers
swappers	15	35	808	2	swappers
swarmers	13	4	632	2	swarmers
warpers	12	34	1358	2	_warpers
whappers	18	27	674	2	whappers

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	65	3.343	36212.7
3	Display Results	65	65	0.030	2166.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	65	3.766	47448.5