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

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

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60 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
strayer	10	43	1250	(None)
sprayer	12	36	904	1	sprayer
stayer	9	45	1648	1	st_ayer
strafer	10	39	1246	1	strafer
strayed	11	45	1328	1	strayed
strayers	11	35	1014	1	strayers
stroyer	10	35	1078	1	stroyer
arrayer	10	13	670	2	arrayer
betrayer	13	4	564	2	betrayer
brayer	11	53	1531	2	_brayer
estrayed	12	3	639	2	estrayed
forayer	13	36	895	2	forayer
grayer	10	60	1454	2	_grayer
prayer	11	48	1529	2	_prayer
sayer	8	49	2655	2	s__ayer
scraper	11	45	1342	2	scraper
slayer	9	39	1633	2	s_layer
sprayed	13	39	890	2	sprayed
sprayers	13	36	705	2	sprayers
spryer	11	41	853	2	spr_yer
stager	7	48	2134	2	st_ager
staler	6	40	2582	2	st_aler
starer	6	40	2736	2	st_arer
starker	11	41	1469	2	starker
starter	7	38	1788	2	starter
starver	10	46	1199	2	starver
stater	6	44	2756	2	st_ater
stayed	10	48	1727	2	st_ayed
stayers	10	38	1363	2	st_ayers
stealer	7	29	1397	2	stealer
steamer	9	33	1309	2	steamer
strafe	9	52	1598	2	strafe_
strafed	11	44	1333	2	strafed
strafers	11	37	991	2	strafers
strafes	10	45	1600	2	strafes
strainer	8	5	1222	2	strainer
straiter	8	3	1178	2	straiter
strake	10	40	1739	2	strake_
straked	12	54	1534	2	straked
strakes	11	42	1807	2	strakes
strander	9	71	1206	2	strander
stranger	9	47	1510	2	stranger
strapper	12	5	809	2	strapper
strawed	11	48	1361	2	strawed
strawier	11	3	749	2	strawier
stray	8	85	2557	2	stray__
strays	9	64	1793	2	stray_s
streaker	12	22	948	2	streaker
streamer	10	23	951	2	streamer
strewer	10	43	1041	2	strewer
strider	8	43	1572	2	strider
striker	11	37	1417	2	striker
striper	9	45	1479	2	striper
striver	10	43	1520	2	striver
stroker	11	41	1352	2	stroker
stroyed	11	41	1086	2	stroyed
stroyers	11	38	892	2	stroyers
swayer	12	52	1097	2	s_wayer
tracer	8	48	2023	2	_tracer
trader	7	52	1876	2	_trader

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	60	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	60	60	0.016	3750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	3.749	47663.6