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

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

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80 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
steerage	9	4	683	(None)
steerages	10	4	649	1	steerages
meterage	11	4	793	2	meterage
peerage	10	8	980	2	_peerage
seepage	10	3	754	2	s_eepage
sewerage	12	4	551	2	sewerage
stealage	9	4	658	2	stealage
stearate	8	3	972	2	stearate
steerable	11	4	691	2	steerable
storage	8	3	1047	2	st_orage
teenage	8	10	805	2	_teenage
ameerate	10	3	963	3	ameerate
amperage	13	4	774	3	amperage
average	11	5	885	3	_average
beverage	14	4	514	3	beverage
coverage	14	3	873	3	coverage
creepage	13	4	434	3	creepage
deterge	9	11	846	3	deter_ge
emeerate	10	4	1010	3	emeerate
enrage	7	27	1507	3	__enrage
esterase	8	4	948	3	est_erase
fosterage	13	4	466	3	fost_erage
interage	9	3	1448	3	interage
iterate	7	11	1911	3	it_erate
keelage	12	3	618	3	_keelage
layerage	12	4	496	3	layerage
leverage	12	8	539	3	leverage
meterages	12	4	818	3	meterages
overage	11	5	1405	3	_overage
peerages	11	8	989	3	_peerages
sclerae	9	3	793	3	sclera_e
seepages	11	3	728	3	s_eepages
selvage	11	3	655	3	s_elvage
septage	10	7	840	3	s_eptage
serape	8	48	1841	3	s__erape
serfage	11	3	840	3	s_erfage
serge	6	47	2746	3	s__er_ge
serrate	7	30	1754	3	s_errate
sewage	10	3	1073	3	s__ewage
sewerages	13	4	536	3	sewerages
stage	6	53	3019	3	st___age
stealages	10	4	604	3	stealages
stearates	9	3	945	3	stearates
stearine	8	3	1190	3	stearine
steelie	7	3	1021	3	stee_lie
steeple	9	3	732	3	stee_ple
steer	5	54	2386	3	steer___
steerageway	18	6	89	3	steerage~~way~~
steered	8	36	1525	3	steer_ed
steerer	7	31	1363	3	steer_er
steerers	8	25	1135	3	steerers
steering	9	39	1679	3	steering
steers	6	38	2098	3	steer__s
steersmen	11	4	323	3	steersmen
steeve	9	37	1090	3	stee__ve
stelae	6	37	1648	3	st_ela_e
stellate	8	3	1050	3	stellate
stemware	13	4	487	3	stemware
stepdame	13	4	362	3	stepdame
stere	5	53	2854	3	st_er__e
sterile	7	3	1660	3	st_erile
stockage	15	4	490	3	stockage
stoppage	13	4	468	3	stoppage
storages	9	3	1110	3	st_orages
stowage	11	3	670	3	st_owage
strafe	9	52	1598	3	st__rafe
strake	10	40	1739	3	st__rake
strange	8	54	1634	3	st__range
stravage	12	4	556	3	stravage
stumpage	13	4	330	3	stumpage
suffrage	15	5	452	3	suffrage
teenaged	10	10	513	3	_teenaged
teenager	9	11	529	3	_teenager
tentage	8	10	1064	3	_tentage
terrace	9	33	1184	3	_terrace
terrae	6	29	1521	3	_terra_e
terrane	7	28	1423	3	_terrane
thenage	11	10	784	3	_thenage
underage	10	10	1227	3	underage
waterage	12	4	866	3	waterage

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	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	80	6.813	21453.4
3	Display Results	80	80	0.030	2666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	6.999	25530.9