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

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

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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
clapper	13	40	1186	(None)
capper	12	44	2198	1	c_apper
clamper	13	40	1299	1	clamper
clapped	14	35	1117	1	clapped
clappers	14	33	1083	1	clappers
clasper	11	38	1186	1	clasper
clipper	13	37	1032	1	clipper
crapper	13	39	1319	1	crapper
flapper	14	35	920	1	flapper
lapper	10	43	1995	1	_lapper
slapper	11	35	1246	1	slapper
caliper	11	4	1096	2	caliper
camper	12	47	2221	2	c_amper
caper	9	48	3162	2	c_a_per
capped	13	47	2185	2	c_apped
cappers	13	44	1940	2	c_appers
carper	10	49	2363	2	c_arper
champer	16	38	1341	2	champer
chapped	17	27	1144	2	chapped
chapter	14	42	1385	2	chapter
chipper	16	39	1258	2	chipper
chopper	16	36	1189	2	chopper
clabber	13	42	1011	2	clabber
clacker	15	38	1377	2	clacker
claimer	11	27	988	2	claimer
clamber	13	33	1174	2	clamber
clammer	13	42	1179	2	clammer
clamped	14	40	1204	2	clamped
clampers	14	32	1189	2	clampers
clanger	10	41	1349	2	clanger
claquer	18	28	735	2	claquer
clasher	12	46	1551	2	clasher
clasped	12	36	1044	2	clasped
claspers	12	44	1091	2	claspers
classer	9	36	1461	2	classer
clatter	9	40	1497	2	clatter
claver	11	38	1697	2	cla_ver
clavier	12	3	917	2	clavier
clawer	11	45	1278	2	cla_wer
clayier	12	4	832	2	clayier
clipped	14	43	983	2	clipped
clippers	14	36	884	2	clippers
clopped	14	36	1152	2	clopped
coappear	14	4	289	2	coappear
copper	12	43	2189	2	c_opper
crapped	14	39	1262	2	crapped
crappers	14	40	1102	2	crappers
crappier	14	28	813	2	crappier
cropper	13	33	1296	2	cropper
crupper	13	33	856	2	crupper
cupper	12	43	1386	2	c_upper
dapper	11	40	1663	2	_dapper
flapped	15	32	825	2	flapped
flappers	15	38	838	2	flappers
flappier	15	4	429	2	flappier
flipper	14	38	914	2	flipper
flopper	14	32	847	2	flopper
knapper	15	38	715	2	knapper
lapped	11	43	2003	2	_lapped
lappers	11	37	1746	2	_lappers
lappet	10	38	1772	2	_lappet
lapser	8	41	1314	2	_lapser
lipper	10	42	1963	2	_lipper
lopper	10	37	1720	2	_lopper
mapper	12	45	1609	2	_mapper
napper	10	37	1828	2	_napper
rapper	10	46	2157	2	_rapper
sapper	10	38	2235	2	_sapper
scrapper	14	6	696	2	scrapper
slapped	12	35	1184	2	slapped
slappers	12	37	1094	2	slappers
slipper	11	37	1298	2	slipper
snapper	11	35	1207	2	snapper
swapper	14	35	970	2	swapper
tapper	10	44	1961	2	_tapper
trapper	11	39	1280	2	trapper
whapper	17	34	827	2	whapper
wrapper	14	36	833	2	wrapper
yapper	13	37	1451	2	_yapper
zapper	19	34	1402	2	_zapper

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	80	2.936	36672.7
3	Display Results	80	80	0.030	2666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	3.092	57791.4