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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
sovereign	13	4	225	(None)
sovereigns	14	4	213	1	sovereigns
sovereignly	18	5	118	2	sovereignly
sovereignty	18	5	144	2	sovereignty
coreign	10	3	734	3	co__reign
covering	14	22	1572	3	cover_ing
foreign	11	3	683	3	fo__reign
governing	14	3	553	3	governing
hovering	15	19	1114	3	hover_ing
overbig	13	23	754	3	_overbig_
overdesign	15	4	382	3	_overdesign
overhigh	18	4	636	3	_overhigh
overing	11	19	1805	3	_over_ing
overweigh	19	4	552	3	_overweigh
serein	6	33	1846	3	s__erei_n
severing	12	20	1385	3	sever_ing
sobering	11	19	1278	3	sober_ing

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	148641	0.860	207780.2
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.953	18689.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.829	20239.1