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

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

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
caverning	15	3	628	(None)
averring	12	23	906	2	_averring
averting	12	25	1273	2	_averting
capering	13	24	1496	2	caper_ing
careening	12	3	1001	2	careening
catering	11	20	1991	2	cater_ing
caveating	15	3	929	2	caveating
cavorting	15	3	606	2	cavorting
clavering	15	3	837	2	claver_ing
covering	14	22	1573	2	cover_ing
cravening	15	4	755	2	crave_ning
davening	13	25	887	2	dave_ning
governing	14	3	553	2	governing
havening	15	25	855	2	have_ning
havering	15	22	1105	2	haver_ing
ravening	12	26	1129	2	rave_ning
wavering	15	24	1054	2	waver_ing

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	7.173	16929.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.595	23527.5