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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
empower	14	21	703	(None)
embower	14	26	741	1	embower
empowers	15	27	684	1	empowers
impower	14	24	712	1	impower
embowed	15	23	691	2	embowed
embowel	14	23	535	2	embowel
embowers	15	23	645	2	embowers
emoter	8	54	1519	2	em_oter
empaler	11	28	835	2	empaler
employer	15	6	471	2	employer
empowered	17	4	305	2	empowered
emptier	11	8	760	2	emptier
endower	11	3	848	2	endower
exposer	16	3	741	2	exposer
imbower	14	23	566	2	imbower
imposer	11	33	1010	2	imposer
impowers	15	29	682	2	impowers
mower	10	45	2345	2	_m_ower
power	10	53	2595	2	__power
repower	12	32	988	2	repower

Search took 4 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.436	31336.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.842	46509.9