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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
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100 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
seme	6	58	3665	1	seme
semi	6	51	2722	1	semi
bema	8	58	2525	2	bema
deme	7	65	3628	2	deme
demo	7	74	2755	2	demo
demy	10	54	2285	2	demy
em	4	94	4515	2	_em_
eme	5	58	3718	2	_eme
ems	5	64	3549	2	_ems
emu	5	59	2998	2	_emu
fem	8	60	4073	2	fem_
feme	9	61	3054	2	feme
fems	9	64	2870	2	fems
gem	6	68	4022	2	gem_
gems	7	53	2911	2	gems
hem	8	61	4873	2	hem_
heme	9	50	3441	2	heme
hemp	11	57	2562	2	hemp
hems	9	55	3494	2	hems
kemp	12	64	1877	2	kemp
mem	7	79	4347	2	mem_
meme	8	53	3055	2	meme
memo	8	59	2479	2	memo
mems	8	59	3150	2	mems
nema	6	55	2252	2	nema
rem	5	61	5004	2	rem_
rems	6	62	3772	2	rems
same	6	52	4564	2	same
samp	8	57	3359	2	samp
sea	3	61	6129	2	se_a
seal	4	56	5437	2	seal
seam	6	66	4597	2	seam
seams	7	57	3166	2	seams
seamy	10	59	2127	2	seamy
sear	4	73	5384	2	sear
seas	4	57	5527	2	seas
seat	4	75	7556	2	seat
sec	5	59	4532	2	se_c
secs	6	50	3389	2	secs
sect	6	74	4362	2	sect
see	3	57	7226	2	se_e
seed	5	55	4948	2	seed
seek	8	59	3548	2	seek
seel	4	50	4298	2	seel
seem	6	54	3856	2	seem
seems	7	55	2502	2	seems
seen	4	69	4312	2	seen
seep	6	65	4034	2	seep
seer	4	55	4704	2	seer
sees	4	53	6105	2	sees
seg	4	55	4488	2	se_g
sego	5	65	2518	2	sego
segs	5	49	3388	2	segs
sei	3	60	4893	2	se_i
seif	7	56	3873	2	seif
seis	4	55	4239	2	seis
sel	3	82	5332	2	se_l
self	7	51	3829	2	self
sell	4	58	4061	2	sell
sels	4	63	4598	2	sels
semen	7	57	2410	2	semen
semes	7	57	3158	2	semes
semis	7	46	2353	2	semis
sen	3	60	5852	2	se_n
send	5	52	3729	2	send
sene	4	68	4805	2	sene
sent	4	69	6301	2	sent
sept	6	58	4436	2	sept
ser	3	67	5240	2	se_r
sera	4	61	4139	2	sera
sere	4	61	5347	2	sere
serf	7	63	4011	2	serf
sers	4	57	4665	2	sers
set	3	66	8125	2	se_t
seta	4	56	3731	2	seta
sets	4	55	4950	2	sets
sett	4	59	4905	2	sett
sew	6	62	4726	2	se_w
sewn	7	61	2433	2	sewn
sews	7	58	3602	2	sews
sex	10	70	4322	2	se_x
sext	11	73	3809	2	sext
sexy	14	64	1802	2	sexy
shmo	9	53	1810	2	shmo
sim	5	65	5315	2	sim_
sima	6	47	3079	2	sima
simp	8	52	2878	2	simp
sims	6	57	3718	2	sims
smew	9	50	1773	2	smew
som	5	91	5381	2	som_
soma	6	56	3529	2	soma
some	6	60	4038	2	some
soms	6	62	3937	2	soms
stem	6	106	2825	2	stem_
stems	7	52	1995	2	stems
sum	5	63	4601	2	sum_
sumo	6	73	2631	2	sumo
sump	8	63	3153	2	sump
sums	6	58	3758	2	sums
temp	8	53	2333	2	temp

Search took 2 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	29872	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	100	0.876	34100.5
3	Display Results	100	100	0.013	7692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	100	1.169	152858.0