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

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

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69 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
scarfer	12	45	1108	(None)
scarcer	11	39	1137	1	scarcer
scarer	8	45	2461	1	scar_er
scarfed	13	47	1118	1	scarfed
scarfers	13	40	846	1	scarfers
scarier	9	40	1787	1	scarier
scarper	11	48	1482	1	scarper
carder	9	45	2418	2	_carder
career	8	58	2224	2	_career
carer	7	49	4233	2	_car_er
carper	10	49	2363	2	_carper
carter	8	49	3227	2	_carter
carver	11	44	2015	2	_carver
dwarfer	14	3	368	2	dwarfer
safer	8	47	2181	2	s_a_fer
scaler	8	43	2160	2	sca_ler
scalier	9	43	1691	2	scalier
scalper	11	39	1292	2	scalper
scammer	13	36	1197	2	scammer
scamper	13	46	1316	2	scamper
scanner	9	44	1181	2	scanner
scanter	9	42	1518	2	scanter
scarce	10	40	1363	2	scarce_
scare	7	53	3446	2	scar_e_
scared	9	52	2729	2	scar_ed
scareder	11	3	579	2	scareder
scarers	9	46	1851	2	scar_ers
scares	8	50	3300	2	scar_es
scarey	11	50	1698	2	scar_ey
scarf	10	54	2714	2	scarf__
scarfs	11	47	1468	2	scarf_s
scarifier	14	4	665	2	scarifier
scarlet	9	15	1694	2	scarlet
scarped	12	43	1440	2	scarped
scarpers	12	47	1251	2	scarpers
scarred	10	45	1263	2	scarred
scarrier	10	29	845	2	scarrier
scarted	10	48	1612	2	scarted
scarves	12	45	1162	2	scarves
scatter	9	38	1517	2	scatter
scauper	11	37	945	2	scauper
sclaffer	16	11	265	2	sclaffer
scoffer	15	31	702	2	scoffer
scorer	8	48	1826	2	scor_er
scorner	9	25	976	2	scorner
scraper	11	45	1342	2	scraper
scuffer	15	32	888	2	scuffer
scurfier	13	26	705	2	scurfier
searer	6	54	3202	2	sear_er
sharer	9	50	2548	2	shar_er
sharker	14	43	1381	2	sharker
sharper	12	43	1270	2	sharper
smarter	9	41	1313	2	smarter
snarer	6	46	2084	2	snar_er
snarfed	11	37	875	2	snarfed
snarler	7	36	1063	2	snarler
soarer	6	45	2224	2	soar_er
sparer	8	45	2496	2	spar_er
sparger	10	36	1308	2	sparger
sparker	13	39	1436	2	sparker
sparser	9	43	1148	2	sparser
staffer	13	29	909	2	staffer
starer	6	40	2736	2	star_er
starker	11	41	1469	2	starker
starter	7	38	1788	2	starter
starver	10	46	1199	2	starver
strafer	10	39	1246	2	strafer
surfer	9	35	1588	2	s_urfer
swarmer	12	4	780	2	swarmer

Search took 6 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	0.610	292936.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	69	5.296	20330.6
3	Display Results	69	69	0.033	2090.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	69	5.939	30087.7