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

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

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52 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
lessen	6	42	1243	(None)
lessee	6	41	1636	1	lessee
lessens	7	40	938	1	lessens
lesser	6	35	1485	1	lesser
lesson	6	44	1204	1	lesson
blessed	10	31	949	2	blessed
blesser	9	32	929	2	blesser
blesses	9	38	1239	2	blesses
cessed	9	46	1561	2	cessed
cesses	8	42	2136	2	cesses
esses	5	64	2297	2	_esses
fesse	8	61	1633	2	fesse_
fessed	10	45	1506	2	fessed
fesses	9	48	2025	2	fesses
jesse	12	60	1283	2	jesse_
jessed	14	41	1230	2	jessed
jesses	13	52	1595	2	jesses
lasses	6	48	2759	2	lasses
leaden	7	45	1522	2	leaden
lease	5	52	3026	2	lease_
leased	7	47	2288	2	leased
leaser	6	53	2267	2	leaser
leases	6	54	2811	2	leases
leaven	9	50	1307	2	leaven
leben	7	3	1485	2	le_ben
legmen	9	3	934	2	legmen
lense	5	45	2343	2	lense_
lensed	7	40	1547	2	lensed
lenses	6	46	2089	2	lenses
lensmen	9	3	788	2	lensmen
lenten	6	3	1288	2	lenten
leses	5	49	3081	2	le_ses
lesion	6	47	1506	2	lesion
less	4	56	3510	2	less__
lessees	7	35	1024	2	lessees
lessened	9	3	509	2	lessened
lessons	7	38	1101	2	lessons
lessor	6	40	1060	2	lessor
listen	6	48	1681	2	listen
loesses	7	3	1003	2	loesses
loosen	6	66	1596	2	loosen
losses	6	59	2523	2	losses
messan	8	39	1206	2	messan
messed	9	50	1818	2	messed
messes	8	49	2434	2	messes
messmen	11	3	739	2	messmen
nesses	6	47	1832	2	nesses
peasen	8	48	1595	2	peasen
reseen	6	43	1841	2	reseen
vessel	9	3	795	2	vessel
yessed	10	45	1116	2	yessed
yesses	9	36	1581	2	yesses

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	82551	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	52	3.170	26041.3
3	Display Results	52	52	0.033	1575.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	52	3.329	53677.1