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

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

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81 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
yowler	12	33	1004	(None)
bowler	11	42	1731	1	bowler
fowler	12	37	1258	1	fowler
howler	12	35	1431	1	howler
yodler	10	38	994	1	yodler
yowled	13	38	1109	1	yowled
yowlers	13	32	892	1	yowlers
bawler	11	43	1505	2	bawler
boiler	8	43	1927	2	boiler
bower	10	73	2818	2	bow_er
bowlder	13	40	748	2	bowlder
bowled	12	50	1814	2	bowled
bowleg	12	36	918	2	bowleg
bowlers	12	37	1578	2	bowlers
bowyer	14	36	892	2	bowyer
coaler	8	41	2171	2	coaler
coiler	8	44	2159	2	coiler
cooler	8	48	2471	2	cooler
cower	10	45	3177	2	cow_er
cowier	11	36	1616	2	cowier
cowled	12	52	1839	2	cowled
dower	9	50	2770	2	dow_er
downer	10	44	1492	2	downer
dowser	10	47	1608	2	dowser
fouler	9	36	1490	2	fouler
fowled	13	39	1410	2	fowled
fowlers	13	34	1120	2	fowlers
growler	11	31	897	2	growler
holler	9	35	2061	2	holler
howled	13	40	1497	2	howled
howlers	13	33	1235	2	howlers
howlet	12	35	1834	2	howlet
jowled	17	42	1080	2	jowled
jowlier	17	32	756	2	jowlier
loller	6	33	1528	2	loller
lower	8	58	3041	2	low_er
lowlier	10	33	890	2	lowlier
mewler	11	35	1023	2	mewler
moiler	8	40	1726	2	moiler
mower	10	45	2345	2	mow_er
nobler	8	37	1345	2	nobler
ogler	6	59	1744	2	_ogler
oiler	5	46	2828	2	_oiler
owlet	8	33	2446	2	_owlet
owner	8	46	1331	2	_owner
poler	7	44	3179	2	po_ler
poller	8	39	2185	2	poller
pooler	8	38	1984	2	pooler
powder	12	36	1190	2	powder
power	10	53	2595	2	pow_er
powter	11	41	1603	2	powter
prowler	12	33	1001	2	prowler
roller	6	39	1979	2	roller
rower	8	54	3049	2	row_er
scowler	12	24	819	2	scowler
sower	8	52	2931	2	sow_er
toiler	6	39	1828	2	toiler
toller	6	38	1944	2	toller
tooler	6	38	1861	2	tooler
tower	8	57	2920	2	tow_er
vower	11	52	2079	2	vow_er
wooler	9	36	1587	2	wooler
wowser	12	51	1020	2	wowser
yawled	13	45	998	2	yawled
yawner	12	42	847	2	yawner
yawper	14	43	795	2	yawper
yeller	9	42	1451	2	yeller
yodeler	11	3	634	2	yodeler
yodle	9	45	1504	2	yodle_
yodled	11	38	965	2	yodled
yodlers	11	29	892	2	yodlers
yodles	10	37	1433	2	yodles
yonder	10	32	1413	2	yonder
yonker	13	41	1085	2	yonker
yowe	10	67	2874	2	yow_e_
yowed	12	530	2518	2	yow_ed
yowes	11	49	2637	2	yow_es
yowie	11	46	1645	2	yowie_
yowies	12	39	1373	2	yowies
yowl	10	58	2095	2	yowl__
yowls	11	57	1543	2	yowl_s

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	82551	0.690	258972.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	81	2.500	33020.4
3	Display Results	81	81	0.030	2700.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	81	3.220	55494.1