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

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

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.

15 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
semaphore	16	4	435	(None)
semaphored	18	5	297	1	semaphored
semaphores	17	4	467	1	semaphores
seashore	11	4	772	2	se_ashore
aerophore	14	4	824	3	aerophore
megaphone	17	4	474	3	megaphone
melaphyre	19	5	250	3	melaphyre
metaphor	15	4	491	3	metaphor_
metaphors	16	4	568	3	metaphors
samphire	15	4	583	3	sam_phire
seahorse	11	4	559	3	se_a_horse
seaport	9	3	1560	3	se_ap_ort
seashores	12	4	796	3	se_ashores
semaphoring	19	5	259	3	semaphoring
sempre	10	27	1009	3	sem_p__re

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	15	7.406	20070.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.829	22824.2