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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “improvement” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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55 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
improvement	20	10	466	(None)
improvements	21	7	397	1	improvements
improvident	19	5	283	2	improvident
depravement	19	5	499	3	depravement
impalement	16	4	760	3	imp_alement
impingement	18	5	382	3	impingement
implement	15	4	953	3	imp__lement
impressment	17	5	507	3	impressment
movement	15	4	943	3	_m__ovement
amercement	16	4	599	4	amer_cement
depravements	20	5	445	4	depravements
embracement	19	5	609	4	embracement
embroilment	17	6	396	4	embroilment
emplacement	19	5	527	4	emplacement
employment	19	5	524	4	emplo_yment
empowerment	20	5	294	4	emp_owerment
empressement	18	5	326	4	empressement
imbuement	15	4	614	4	im__buement
immurement	13	7	513	4	im_murement
impairment	16	4	468	4	imp_airment
impalements	17	4	643	4	imp_alements
impartment	16	4	649	4	imp_artment
impeachment	22	5	318	4	impeachment
impediment	17	7	512	4	imp_ediment
imperilment	17	14	498	4	imperilment
impingements	19	5	341	4	impingements
implements	16	4	785	4	imp__lements
impotent	12	4	953	4	imp_o__tent
impoundment	18	7	282	4	impoundment
impressments	18	5	396	4	impressments
imprisonment	18	6	236	4	imprisonment
improve	14	3	596	4	improv__e__
improved	16	4	477	4	improv__e_d
improver	15	4	524	4	improv__e_r
improvers	16	4	504	4	improv__ers
improves	15	3	612	4	improv__e_s
improvidence	22	9	207	4	improvidence
improvidently	24	6	182	4	improvidently
improving	17	4	541	4	improv__ing
improvise	16	7	485	4	improvise__
improvised	18	7	356	4	improvise_d
improviser	17	7	331	4	improvise_r
improvisers	18	9	277	4	improvisers
improvises	17	8	459	4	improvise_s
improvising	19	4	384	4	improvising
imprudent	14	4	461	4	impr__udent
increment	13	4	1168	4	incr__ement
indorsement	14	5	577	4	indorsement
inurement	11	4	1051	4	inur__ement
involvement	19	5	384	4	involvement
irreverent	13	5	306	4	i_rreverent
microelement	18	6	450	4	microelement
movements	16	4	751	4	_m__ovements
pavement	15	4	944	4	__p_avement
provident	15	4	622	4	__provident

Search took 10 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	148819	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	55	9.640	15437.7
3	Display Results	55	55	0.033	1666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	9.829	18180.0