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

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

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54 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
cardboard	15	4	586	(None)
cardboards	16	4	533	1	cardboards
hardboard	16	4	558	1	hardboard
callboard	14	4	566	2	callboard
corkboard	18	4	477	2	corkboard
dartboard	13	4	425	2	dartboard
garboard	12	4	724	2	gar_board
hardboards	17	4	516	2	hardboards
larboard	11	5	766	2	lar_board
aboard	9	3	1261	3	_a__board
backboard	20	4	718	3	backboard
bargeboard	16	5	299	3	bargeboard
baseboard	14	4	554	3	baseboard
bedboard	14	11	572	3	_bedboard
callboards	15	4	496	3	callboards
carbarn	11	3	945	3	car_b_arn
carbonara	13	4	505	3	car_bonara
carbora	11	3	1070	3	car_bo_ra
carboras	12	3	1157	3	car_boras
carboyed	16	3	718	3	car_boyed
cardioid	12	4	743	3	cardio_id
cardsharp	17	5	253	3	cardsharp
carload	10	3	978	3	car_loa_d
cartload	11	4	503	3	cartloa_d
chalkboard	22	5	263	3	chalkboard
chipboard	19	7	398	3	chipboard
clapboard	16	8	395	3	clapboard
clipboard	16	9	302	3	clipboard
corkboards	19	4	411	3	corkboards
cupboard	15	4	425	3	c_upboard
dartboards	14	4	388	3	dartboards
dashboard	16	4	380	3	dashboard
fallboard	15	4	505	3	fallboard
fireboard	15	4	661	3	fireboard
garboards	13	4	636	3	gar_boards
hardbound	16	4	341	3	hardbound
headboard	16	4	493	3	headboard
lapboard	13	5	578	3	la_pboard
larboards	12	4	698	3	lar_boards
moldboard	15	4	310	3	moldboard
packboard	20	4	484	3	packboard
preboard	13	3	826	3	_preboard
reboard	10	3	1076	3	__reboard
sailboard	12	4	589	3	sailboard
scoreboard	15	5	340	3	scoreboard
starboard	12	7	584	3	star_board
surfboard	15	4	391	3	surfboard
tackboard	18	4	472	3	tackboard
tagboard	12	4	556	3	ta_gboard
tailboard	12	4	577	3	tailboard
wakeboard	19	4	475	3	wakeboard
wallboard	15	4	502	3	wallboard
washboard	18	4	452	3	washboard
yardbird	15	4	232	3	yardb_ird

Search took 9 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	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	54	8.030	18510.7
3	Display Results	54	54	0.016	3375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	54	8.219	21741.2