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

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

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59 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
pierrots	10	4	496	(None)
pierrot	9	4	883	1	pierrot_
parrots	9	3	1274	2	p_arrots
perrons	9	31	1548	2	p_errons
pieforts	13	4	486	2	pieforts
brierroots	12	6	240	3	brierroots
carrots	9	7	1462	3	_carrots
cheroots	13	4	819	3	cheroots
cirrous	9	31	1106	3	ci_rrous
disroots	9	4	862	3	disroots
ergots	7	45	1237	3	__ergots
errors	6	33	1131	3	__errors
ferrets	10	31	1139	3	_ferrets
ferrous	10	4	980	3	_ferrous
firepots	13	4	689	3	firepots
heriots	10	3	1206	3	_heriots
merlots	9	27	1012	3	_merlots
mirrors	9	3	862	3	mi_rrors
parrot	8	3	2066	3	p_arrot_
parroty	12	4	786	3	p_arroty
patriots	10	3	805	3	patriots
pedros	9	3	1218	3	p_edro_s
pereons	9	28	1500	3	p_ereons
peridots	11	3	832	3	p_eridots
periods	10	3	1224	3	p_eriods
permits	11	3	1400	3	p_ermits
pernods	10	3	848	3	p_ernods
perries	9	32	2660	3	p_erries
perron	8	32	1662	3	p_erro_n
persons	9	37	1701	3	p_ersons
petrols	9	29	1308	3	p_etrols
petrous	9	27	1442	3	p_etrous
picaros	11	3	1089	3	picaro_s
picots	10	46	1644	3	pi__cots
piecrust	12	4	463	3	piecrust
piecrusts	13	4	260	3	piecrusts
piedforts	15	4	248	3	piedforts
piedmonts	14	4	280	3	piedmonts
piefort	12	4	953	3	piefort_
piercers	12	31	672	3	piercers
pierces	11	34	1119	3	pie_rces
pierogi	10	5	472	3	pie_rogi
piers	7	59	2633	3	pie_r__s
pietists	10	3	832	3	pietists
pileworts	14	9	535	3	pileworts
pilots	8	40	1887	3	pi__lots
pinedrops	14	4	335	3	pinedrops
pinkroots	15	4	335	3	pinkroots
pinots	8	59	2027	3	pi__nots
pivots	11	51	1190	3	pi__vots
pokeroots	15	4	406	3	pokeroots
preriot	9	3	1641	3	preriot_
presorts	10	53	1168	3	presorts
pyrrols	12	3	540	3	p_yrrols
sheroots	11	3	786	3	sheroots
sierras	7	3	786	3	sierr_as
terrets	7	29	1358	3	_terrets
territs	7	27	1450	3	_territs
terrors	7	31	1221	3	_terrors

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	59	7.733	18901.1
3	Display Results	59	59	0.016	3687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	8.172	21866.3