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

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

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74 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
spanner	9	43	1256	(None)
panner	8	42	2476	1	_panner
scanner	9	44	1181	1	scanner
spanker	13	36	1235	1	spanker
spanned	10	41	1122	1	spanned
spanners	10	37	1077	1	spanners
spawner	12	34	736	1	spawner
spinner	9	39	1226	1	spinner
banner	8	44	2150	2	_banner
branner	9	42	1237	2	branner
canner	8	46	2598	2	_canner
fanner	9	42	1818	2	_fanner
japanner	17	4	301	2	japanner
lanner	6	49	2060	2	_lanner
manner	8	40	2051	2	_manner
pander	9	37	2552	2	_pander
panier	8	44	2550	2	_panier
panne	7	66	2365	2	_panne_
panned	9	41	2343	2	_panned
panners	9	36	2127	2	_panners
pannes	8	55	2285	2	_pannes
pannier	9	36	1335	2	_pannier
panzer	17	42	1323	2	_panzer
pawner	11	42	1292	2	_pawner
penner	8	46	1666	2	_penner
pinner	8	45	2150	2	_pinner
planner	9	35	1162	2	planner
punner	8	49	1815	2	_punner
sander	7	48	2853	2	s_ander
saner	5	43	3432	2	s_a_ner
sanger	7	45	2456	2	s_anger
scanned	10	41	1089	2	scanned
scanners	10	37	970	2	scanners
scanter	9	42	1518	2	scanter
scunner	9	35	824	2	scunner
shunner	10	35	864	2	shunner
sinner	6	43	2060	2	s_inner
skanker	10	26	848	2	skanker
skinner	11	34	809	2	skinner
slander	8	40	1544	2	slander
spacer	10	49	1779	2	spa_cer
spacier	11	40	1163	2	spacier
spader	9	43	1713	2	spa_der
spaller	9	27	1347	2	spaller
spammer	13	34	1043	2	spammer
spancel	11	4	736	2	spancel
spandex	17	3	583	2	spandex
spaniel	9	4	892	2	spaniel
spanked	14	31	1173	2	spanked
spankers	14	36	986	2	spankers
sparer	8	45	2496	2	spa_rer
sparger	10	36	1308	2	sparger
sparker	13	39	1436	2	sparker
sparser	9	43	1148	2	sparser
spatter	9	40	1652	2	spatter
spawned	13	31	680	2	spawned
spawners	13	39	649	2	spawners
spencer	11	36	1097	2	spencer
spender	10	37	1369	2	spender
spinier	9	37	1516	2	spinier
spinners	10	38	1086	2	spinners
spinnery	13	41	659	2	spinnery
spinney	12	43	892	2	spinney
sponger	10	3	852	2	sponger
spurner	9	26	965	2	spurner
stainer	7	36	1492	2	stainer
stander	8	43	1616	2	stander
stunner	7	34	919	2	stunner
swanker	14	36	948	2	swanker
swanned	11	35	817	2	swanned
swannery	14	3	355	2	swannery
tanner	6	37	2228	2	_tanner
vanner	9	42	1584	2	_vanner
wanner	9	40	1962	2	_wanner

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	74	3.390	31761.4
3	Display Results	74	74	0.030	2466.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	74	3.780	47272.8