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

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

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85 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
growers	11	36	1272	(None)
crowers	12	46	1490	1	crowers
glowers	11	34	1209	1	glowers
grocers	10	35	1125	1	grocers
gropers	10	48	1385	1	gropers
grower	10	46	1493	1	grower_
growlers	12	32	709	1	growlers
rowers	9	49	2457	1	_rowers
avowers	13	3	633	2	avowers
blowers	12	43	1359	2	blowers
bowers	11	55	2370	2	_bowers
brewers	12	38	1106	2	brewers
brokers	13	31	1191	2	brokers
browsers	13	44	920	2	browsers
cowers	11	46	2553	2	_cowers
crowders	14	39	881	2	crowders
crower	11	41	1756	2	crower_
crowners	13	37	1075	2	crowners
crozers	18	41	1108	2	crozers
dowers	10	45	2329	2	_dowers
drawers	11	36	1007	2	drawers
droners	8	41	1438	2	droners
drovers	11	52	1264	2	drovers
drowners	12	42	827	2	drowners
flowers	13	34	1317	2	flowers
frowners	14	37	793	2	frowners
gaolers	8	35	1156	2	gaolers
glovers	11	43	1088	2	glovers
glower	10	51	1493	2	glower_
gnawers	11	35	639	2	gnawers
goers	6	55	2025	2	g_o_ers
gofers	10	47	1151	2	g_ofers
gomers	9	41	1688	2	g_omers
goners	7	44	2017	2	g_oners
goobers	10	21	962	2	goobers
gorgers	9	48	1364	2	gorgers
graders	9	47	1601	2	graders
graters	8	54	1974	2	graters
gravers	11	45	1527	2	gravers
grazers	17	51	1245	2	grazers
gripers	10	40	1146	2	gripers
groaners	9	24	850	2	groaners
grocer	9	42	1214	2	grocer_
grocery	13	33	676	2	grocery
groomers	11	38	848	2	groomers
groovers	12	33	712	2	groovers
groper	9	45	1725	2	groper_
gropes	9	52	2040	2	grope_s
grossers	9	44	1097	2	grossers
groupers	11	35	864	2	groupers
grousers	9	38	1073	2	grousers
grouters	9	59	1008	2	grouters
grovels	11	42	781	2	grovels
groves	10	43	1810	2	grove_s
growler	11	31	897	2	growler_
growls	10	47	1111	2	grow_ls
grows	9	55	2392	2	grow__s
growths	14	9	442	2	growths
ironers	7	48	1355	2	ironers
knowers	14	3	635	2	knowers
lowers	9	46	2492	2	_lowers
mowers	11	32	1940	2	_mowers
plowers	12	38	1224	2	plowers
powers	11	38	2232	2	_powers
probers	11	35	1458	2	probers
propers	11	36	1903	2	propers
prosers	9	42	1964	2	prosers
provers	12	38	1779	2	provers
prower	11	42	1812	2	prower_
prowess	12	3	790	2	prowess
prowlers	13	32	893	2	prowlers
rogers	7	45	1791	2	_rogers
ropers	8	43	2590	2	_ropers
rovers	9	54	2352	2	_rovers
rowels	9	45	1545	2	_rowels
rowens	9	45	1530	2	_rowens
rower	8	54	3049	2	_rower_
showers	13	46	1268	2	showers
sowers	9	49	2344	2	_sowers
throwers	14	10	603	2	throwers
towers	9	44	2367	2	_towers
trovers	10	37	1332	2	trovers
trowels	10	35	836	2	trowels
trowsers	11	42	800	2	trowsers
vowers	12	43	1718	2	_vowers

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	85	3.013	35735.5
3	Display Results	85	85	0.033	2575.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	85	3.452	51764.5