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

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

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89 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
blossom	11	11	496	(None)
blossoms	12	13	455	1	blossoms
blossomy	15	11	320	1	blossomy
bloom	9	59	1897	2	blo__om
blossomed	14	4	308	2	blossomed
blouson	9	7	489	2	blouson
bosom	9	55	1692	2	b_o_som
bossdom	12	4	424	2	b_ossdom
lissom	8	3	740	2	_lissom
abloom	10	3	978	3	ablo__om
alyssum	12	4	247	3	alyssum
basso	7	60	1728	3	b_asso_
bassos	8	53	1370	3	b_assos
besom	9	57	1697	3	b__esom
blastoma	12	4	545	3	blastoma
blesbok	15	4	312	3	blesbok
bless	7	59	1781	3	bless__
blessed	10	31	949	3	blessed
blesser	9	32	929	3	blesser
blesses	9	38	1239	3	blesses
bliss	7	56	1691	3	bliss__
blissed	10	38	837	3	blissed
blisses	9	49	1151	3	blisses
blobs	9	56	2003	3	blobs__
blocs	9	52	1965	3	blocs__
blogs	8	53	1923	3	blogs__
blood	8	53	1952	3	blo__od
blooms	10	46	1317	3	blo__oms
bloomy	13	45	1011	3	blo__omy
bloop	9	61	1615	3	blo__op
blossoming	15	4	238	3	blossom~~ing~~
blots	7	56	2617	3	blots__
blotto	8	19	844	3	blotto_
blouse	8	47	1472	3	blous_e
bloused	10	43	1064	3	bloused
blouses	9	40	1446	3	blouses
blousons	10	5	440	3	blousons
blousy	11	45	912	3	blous_y
blowjob	21	4	175	3	blowjob
blows	10	54	2383	3	blows__
blowsed	13	44	902	3	blowsed
blowsy	14	57	945	3	blows_y
bolson	8	4	1068	3	b_olson
boom	8	74	3567	3	b_o__om
bosoms	10	49	1305	3	b_o_soms
bosomy	13	50	903	3	b_o_somy
boson	7	60	1973	3	b_o_son
boss	6	59	3834	3	b_oss__
bossdoms	13	4	373	3	b_ossdoms
bossed	9	48	1653	3	b_ossed
bosses	8	59	2540	3	b_osses
bossism	11	3	606	3	b_ossism
bossy	10	55	1597	3	b_oss_y
boston	8	5	1304	3	b_oston
bottom	10	4	872	3	b_ottom
broom	9	50	2221	3	bro__om
classon	9	3	769	3	classon
floss	8	51	1826	3	floss__
flossed	11	38	853	3	flossed
flosser	10	33	969	3	flosser
flosses	10	34	1197	3	flosses
flossie	10	33	744	3	flossie
flossy	12	51	770	3	floss_y
flotsam	12	4	462	3	flotsam
gloom	8	71	1652	3	glo__om
gloss	6	43	1962	3	gloss__
glossa	7	52	916	3	gloss_a
glossae	8	47	728	3	glossae
glossal	8	44	705	3	glossal
glossas	8	43	819	3	glossas
glossed	9	44	1007	3	glossed
glosseme	11	4	402	3	glosseme
glosser	8	34	1081	3	glosser
glosses	8	40	1412	3	glosses
glossy	10	54	900	3	gloss_y
lasso	5	50	1568	3	_lasso_
lassos	6	49	1381	3	_lassos
lesson	6	44	1204	3	_lesson
lessor	6	40	1060	3	_lessor
lissome	9	3	758	3	_lissome
loom	6	70	3505	3	_lo__om
loss	4	53	3796	3	_loss__
losses	6	59	2523	3	_losses
lossy	8	52	1464	3	_loss_y
mosso	7	47	1518	3	_mosso_
opossum	11	5	344	3	opossum
plessor	9	31	769	3	plessor
plosion	9	3	911	3	plosion
possum	10	5	795	3	_possum

Search took 8 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	134027	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	89	6.923	19359.7
3	Display Results	89	89	0.030	2966.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	89	7.356	24291.9