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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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18 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
bondages	12	3	789	(None)
bandages	12	3	1063	1	bandages
bondage	11	3	825	1	bondage_
bandage	11	3	1102	2	bandage_
bandaged	13	3	731	2	bandaged
bandager	12	3	770	2	bandager
bandagers	13	3	588	2	bandagers
blindages	13	4	366	2	blindages
borages	10	39	1716	2	bo_rages
boscages	13	6	664	2	boscages
boskages	15	6	542	2	boskages
cordages	12	3	1011	2	cordages
montages	11	14	1218	2	montages
nonages	8	3	1384	2	non_ages
poundages	13	4	415	2	poundages
tonnages	9	18	787	2	tonnages
windages	13	3	826	2	windages
wordages	13	3	705	2	wordages

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.283	36874.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.689	48438.9