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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
instructor	12	5	516	(None)
instructors	13	5	538	1	instructors
constructor	15	7	652	2	constructor
instruct	10	4	754	2	instruct__
instructed	13	4	563	2	instructed
instruction	13	13	794	2	instruction
instructs	11	4	579	2	instruct_s
obstructor	14	5	375	2	obstructor
abstractor	14	4	438	3	abstractor
constrictor	15	9	612	3	constrictor
constructors	16	7	647	3	constructors
inductor	11	4	633	3	in__ductor
infractor	14	6	594	3	in_fractor
insinuator	10	5	423	3	insinuator
inspector	13	4	475	3	ins_pector
instigator	11	4	641	3	instigator
institutor	10	5	367	3	institutor
instructing	14	4	629	3	instructing
instructions	14	13	782	3	instructions
instructive	16	5	648	3	instructive
obstructors	15	6	400	3	obstructors

Search took 8 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	140603	0.530	337152.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	21	6.796	20689.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.326	24391.3