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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “citifies” 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
citifies	13	3	1068	(None)
citified	14	3	825	1	citified
acetifies	14	4	713	2	acetifies
acidifies	15	12	645	2	acidifies
certifies	14	3	1032	2	certifies
cities	8	45	2485	2	cit__ies
cityfied	17	4	270	2	cityfied
codifies	14	3	964	2	codifies
lithifies	15	4	550	2	lithifies
minifies	13	3	1290	2	minifies
nidifies	12	3	823	2	nidifies
nitrifies	12	10	792	2	nitrifies
notifies	11	3	1042	2	notifies
ratifies	11	3	1351	2	ratifies
vilifies	14	3	959	2	vilifies
vinifies	14	3	987	2	vinifies
vitrifies	15	4	722	2	vitrifies
vivifies	17	4	702	2	vivifies

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.266	37066.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.655	48889.5