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

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

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73 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
offender	15	4	372	(None)
offended	16	4	365	1	offended
offenders	16	4	340	1	offenders
defender	13	3	729	2	defender
fender	10	37	1872	2	__fender
offence	15	4	535	2	offence_
offences	16	4	502	2	offences
offend	13	36	566	2	offend__
offends	14	23	429	2	offend_s
offense	13	4	368	2	offense_
offenses	14	4	383	2	offenses
offerer	13	3	554	2	offe_rer
oftener	10	3	592	2	often_er
affecter	16	4	452	3	affecter
amender	10	34	961	3	_amender
ascender	11	3	673	3	ascender
attender	9	3	591	3	attender
bender	9	52	2330	3	__bender
blender	10	46	1384	3	_blender
calender	11	3	827	3	calender
cofounder	15	4	382	3	cofounder
commender	16	16	792	3	commender
contender	12	3	956	3	contender
defended	14	3	722	3	defended
defenders	14	3	636	3	defenders
degender	11	3	689	3	degender
effecter	16	6	477	3	effecter
effendi	14	4	242	3	effend_i
effendis	15	4	251	3	effendis
emender	10	64	984	3	_emender
ender	6	43	2586	3	___ender
engender	10	4	663	3	engender
expender	18	13	684	3	expender
extender	16	14	633	3	extender
feeder	10	35	1384	3	__feeder
fencer	11	46	1353	3	__fencer
fended	11	42	1691	3	__fended
fenders	11	37	1726	3	__fenders
fielder	11	21	741	3	_fielder
finder	10	40	2023	3	__finder
flenser	10	3	678	3	_flenser
flinder	11	31	987	3	_flinder
fomenter	13	3	926	3	fomenter
fonder	10	41	2006	3	__fonder
forfended	17	4	374	3	forfended
founder	11	43	1257	3	_founder
funder	10	40	1608	3	__funder
gender	8	35	1793	3	__gender
intender	9	33	1044	3	intender
lavender	12	3	514	3	lavender
lender	7	39	2127	3	__lender
mender	9	35	2079	3	__mender
offed	12	35	916	3	offe_d__
offending	17	4	409	3	offending
offer	11	43	1138	3	off___er
offered	14	3	614	3	offe_red
offerers	14	3	493	3	offe_rers
offeror	13	4	294	3	offe_ror
offhanded	20	4	192	3	offhanded
officer	15	3	421	3	off_icer
offside	14	5	369	3	offside_
offsides	15	4	339	3	offsides
oleander	9	3	640	3	oleander
opener	8	39	1099	3	o_pen_er
orienter	8	3	831	3	orienter
refunder	12	3	650	3	refunder
render	7	40	2414	3	__render
sender	7	38	2441	3	__sender
slender	8	34	1359	3	_slender
softener	11	4	561	3	soften_er
spender	10	37	1369	3	_spender
tender	7	41	2184	3	__tender
vender	10	34	1842	3	__vender

Search took 9 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	73	7.500	19488.3
3	Display Results	73	73	0.063	1158.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	73	7.986	22375.5