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

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

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80 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
chaperon	15	4	735	(None)
chaperone	16	4	656	1	chaperone
chaperons	16	4	689	1	chaperons
chaldron	14	4	577	2	chaldron
chamfron	18	4	449	2	chamfron
chanfron	16	4	480	2	chanfron
chaperoned	18	4	387	2	chaperoned
chaperones	17	4	586	2	chaperones
cheveron	16	4	526	2	cheveron
flaperon	13	12	484	2	flaperon
hyperon	15	4	818	2	_hyperon
apron	7	3	1883	3	__ap_ron
cabezon	20	4	466	3	c_abezon
caldron	10	3	815	3	c_aldron
capelan	11	3	901	3	c_apelan
capelin	11	5	1097	3	c_apelin
caper	9	48	3162	3	c_aper__
capered	12	30	1404	3	c_apered
caperer	11	30	1340	3	c_aperer
capering	13	24	1496	3	c_apering
capers	10	54	2814	3	c_aper_s
capon	9	52	2187	3	c_ap__on
caption	11	35	1369	3	c_aption
casern	8	47	1331	3	c_aser_n
cateran	9	3	1377	3	c_ateran
cavern	11	53	1245	3	c_aver_n
chaebol	14	4	494	3	cha_ebol
chafer	14	47	1457	3	chafer__
chafers	15	45	1274	3	chafer_s
chagrin	13	3	789	3	cha_grin
chairperson	18	5	152	3	chairperson
chaldrons	15	4	549	3	chaldrons
chameleon	16	9	329	3	chameleon
chamfrons	19	4	438	3	chamfrons
champer	16	38	1341	3	champer__
champers	17	33	1162	3	champer_s
champerty	21	4	288	3	champerty
champion	17	27	635	3	champion
chanfrons	17	4	462	3	chanfrons
chanson	12	3	804	3	cha_nson
chapbook	21	9	374	3	chapbook
chape	12	52	2114	3	chape___
chapeau	14	3	552	3	chape_au
chapeaus	15	4	499	3	chapeaus
chapeaux	22	4	252	3	chapeaux
chapel	13	49	1137	3	chape__l
chapels	14	42	915	3	chape_ls
chaperonage	19	5	145	3	chaperon~~age~~
chaperoning	19	5	263	3	chaperoning
chapes	13	54	2187	3	chape__s
chaplain	15	4	619	3	chaplain
chapman	16	3	789	3	chap_man
chapmen	16	3	728	3	chap_men
chapter	14	42	1385	3	chapter__
chapteral	16	4	470	3	chapteral
chaptered	17	17	680	3	chaptered
chaptering	18	10	796	3	chaptering
chapters	15	40	1213	3	chapter_s
charro	11	42	1296	3	cha_rro_
charros	12	43	1215	3	cha_rros
chaser	11	49	1838	3	chaser__
chasers	12	37	1492	3	chaser_s
chawer	14	43	1441	3	chawer__
chawers	15	44	1205	3	chawer_s
cheapen	14	40	762	3	cheape__n
cheaper	14	40	1058	3	cheaper__
cheero	11	47	1294	3	ch_eero_
cheeros	12	37	1164	3	ch_eeros
cheverons	17	4	520	3	cheverons
chevron	15	7	578	3	ch_evron
copatron	12	4	675	3	copatron
flaperons	14	12	504	3	flaperons
hadron	10	29	1375	3	_ha_dron
heron	8	50	2550	3	_h__eron
hyperons	16	4	920	3	_hyperons
operon	8	8	1177	3	__operon
phaeton	12	3	597	3	pha_eton
shapen	11	44	1465	3	shape__n
shaper	11	41	1993	3	shaper__
shapers	12	40	1689	3	shaper_s

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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	80	7.283	20068.9
3	Display Results	80	80	0.030	2666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	7.749	23059.9