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

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

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67 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
wharfingers	21	5	141	(None)
wharfinger	20	4	140	1	wharfinger_
harbingers	16	4	394	2	_harbingers
charminger	18	4	308	3	charminger_
harbinger	15	4	412	3	_harbinger_
warmongers	16	4	363	3	w_armongers
wharfages	19	4	263	3	wharf_age_s
wharfing	18	3	468	3	wharfing___
whingers	15	35	872	3	wh___ingers
wringers	12	31	1007	3	w__r_ingers
armigers	11	3	570	4	__armi_gers
arrangers	10	4	582	4	__arrangers
befingers	15	4	410	4	__befingers
bringers	11	28	1107	4	__br_ingers
carbineers	14	4	423	4	_carbineers
challengers	17	5	250	4	challengers
changers	14	43	1320	4	cha___ngers
chargers	14	40	1132	4	char___gers
chariness	14	3	1006	4	char_in_ess
charmingest	19	5	311	4	charmingest
cringers	11	25	1187	4	__cr_ingers
deringers	11	3	718	4	_der_ingers
derringers	12	4	384	4	_derringers
fingers	11	34	1843	4	____fingers
forefingers	18	13	312	4	forefingers
hangers	11	31	2081	4	_ha___ngers
haranguers	14	4	247	4	_har_anguers
harbingered	18	5	149	4	_harbingered
hardeners	13	3	808	4	_harden_ers
hardiness	13	23	1035	4	_hardin_ess
harkeners	16	3	607	4	_harken_ers
harmines	13	27	1514	4	_harmin_e_s
harpings	14	37	977	4	_harping__s
harriers	11	37	1243	4	_harri__ers
hingers	11	34	2021	4	_h___ingers
humdingers	17	4	212	4	_humdingers
infringers	14	4	284	4	infr_ingers
ladyfingers	19	5	80	4	ladyfingers
malingers	12	8	585	4	_ma_lingers
mariners	10	31	1386	4	_mar_in_ers
phalangers	16	7	376	4	pha_langers
pharmings	17	25	472	4	pharming__s
pharynges	18	4	288	4	phar_ynge_s
porringers	13	4	374	4	_porringers
ringers	8	39	2295	4	___r_ingers
sharpeners	15	4	389	4	sharpen_ers
shrinkers	16	20	538	4	sh_r_inkers
springers	12	30	998	4	_spr_ingers
stringers	10	42	1064	4	_str_ingers
wariness	11	3	1321	4	w_ar_in_ess
warmonger	15	4	385	4	w_armonger_
warners	10	33	1556	4	w_ar__n_ers
warnings	12	35	845	4	w_arning__s
warranters	13	4	453	4	w_arranters
warreners	12	3	619	4	w_arren_ers
weariness	12	3	884	4	wear_in_ess
whalings	15	25	676	4	wha_ling__s
whangees	15	27	506	4	wha___ngees
wharfage	18	4	221	4	wharf_age__
wharfmasters	23	5	170	4	wharfmasters
whiners	13	40	1157	4	wh___in_ers
whinger	14	108	1091	4	wh___inger_
whinges	14	36	1063	4	wh___inge_s
whoremongers	21	6	204	4	whoremongers
wingers	11	39	2148	4	w____ingers
wringer	11	36	1245	4	w__r_inger_
wrongers	12	32	777	4	w__r_ongers

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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	67	8.236	18069.3
3	Display Results	67	67	0.030	2233.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	8.686	20572.3