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

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

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82 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
employe	14	7	636	(None)
employ	13	4	649	1	employ_
employed	16	5	495	1	employed
employee	15	5	520	1	employee
employer	15	6	471	1	employer
employes	15	5	594	1	employes
employs	14	5	552	1	employs
emplace	13	3	826	2	emplace
emplane	11	4	1001	2	emplane
employees	16	5	339	2	employees
employers	16	4	412	2	employers
explode	17	4	596	2	explode
explore	16	4	661	2	explore
implode	12	15	610	2	implode
implore	11	17	670	2	implore
ample	9	47	2030	3	ampl__e
amply	12	50	1291	3	ampl_y_
amylose	12	3	719	3	amylose
coemploy	17	4	332	3	coemploy_
coemployed	20	4	268	3	coemployed
coemploys	18	4	276	3	coemploys
deplore	10	3	948	3	deplore
deploy	12	3	758	3	deploy_
deployed	15	3	591	3	deployed
deployer	14	4	563	3	deployer
deploys	13	3	652	3	deploys
diploe	9	8	1015	3	diplo_e
earlobe	9	4	655	3	earlobe
elope	7	52	1934	3	e__lope
emblaze	20	4	577	3	emblaze
emboly	13	3	672	3	emboly_
emote	7	54	2119	3	em__ote
empale	10	26	1126	3	emp_ale
empery	13	4	868	3	empery_
empire	10	3	932	3	emp_ire
emplaced	15	3	605	3	emplaced
emplaces	14	3	841	3	emplaces
emplaned	13	3	716	3	emplaned
emplanes	12	3	950	3	emplanes
employable	19	4	315	3	employ~~abl~~e
employing	17	6	534	3	employing
employment	19	5	524	3	employment
empower	14	21	703	3	emp_ower
emprise	11	3	1072	3	emprise
emprize	20	3	884	3	emprize
empty	12	4	776	3	emp_ty_
emulate	9	3	1412	3	emulate
emulous	9	3	734	3	emulous
enclose	9	9	1000	3	enclose
enplane	9	3	972	3	enplane
epode	8	51	1409	3	e_p_ode
euploid	10	3	896	3	euploid
exploded	19	4	475	3	exploded
exploder	18	4	484	3	exploder
explodes	18	4	580	3	explodes
exploit	16	4	862	3	exploit
explored	18	4	508	3	explored
explorer	17	4	471	3	explorer
explores	17	4	625	3	explores
expose	15	4	952	3	exp_ose
hemplike	19	3	612	3	hemplike
imploded	14	14	507	3	imploded
implodes	13	10	639	3	implodes
implored	13	13	537	3	implored
implorer	12	12	510	3	implorer
implores	12	12	704	3	implores
imply	12	49	1184	3	impl_y_
impone	10	30	1186	3	imp_one
impose	10	31	1305	3	imp_ose
improve	14	3	596	3	improve
ploy	9	61	2360	3	__ploy_
ployed	12	43	1056	3	__ployed
ploys	10	58	1659	3	__ploys
reemploy	15	4	334	3	reemploy_
reemployed	18	4	317	3	reemployed
reemploys	16	5	300	3	reemploys
semple	10	32	1275	3	sempl__e
semplice	14	4	701	3	semplice
splore	8	16	1130	3	_splore
template	12	3	843	3	template
temple	10	28	1133	3	templ__e
unemployed	18	4	307	3	unemployed

Search took 7 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	82	6.343	21129.9
3	Display Results	82	82	0.033	2484.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	82	6.782	26347.8