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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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73 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
firebase	13	4	649	(None)
firebases	14	4	658	1	firebases
fireable	13	17	1022	2	fireable
fireback	19	4	695	2	fireback
fireball	13	12	726	2	fireball
freebase	13	4	486	2	freebase
crease	8	55	1957	3	_cre_ase
debase	9	40	1447	3	__debase
diabase	10	3	711	3	di_abase
disease	8	32	1384	3	dise_ase
fease	8	48	2487	3	f__e_ase
fileable	13	17	922	3	fileable
filename	13	4	435	3	filename
fineable	13	18	1033	3	fineable
finesse	10	18	764	3	fine_sse
firearm	12	3	720	3	fire_arm
firebacks	20	4	630	3	firebacks
fireballer	15	12	298	3	fireballer
fireballs	14	12	649	3	fireballs
firebird	14	4	463	3	firebird
fireboard	15	4	661	3	fireboard
fireboat	13	4	909	3	fireboat
fireboats	14	4	641	3	fireboats
firebomb	17	4	341	3	firebomb
firebox	19	4	445	3	fireb_ox
fireboxes	21	4	477	3	fireboxes
firebrand	15	4	463	3	firebrand
firebrat	13	4	814	3	firebrat
firebrats	14	4	588	3	firebrats
firebug	13	8	379	3	fireb_ug
firebugs	14	11	382	3	firebugs
firedamp	16	4	374	3	firedamp
firedrake	17	4	346	3	firedrake
firefang	15	4	392	3	firefang
firehall	14	10	562	3	firehall
firehouse	15	13	553	3	firehouse
fireless	11	28	1059	3	fireless
fireman	12	4	933	3	firema_n
firepan	12	3	698	3	firepa_n
firepans	13	4	715	3	firepans
fireplace	16	4	487	3	fireplace
firers	9	49	2268	3	fire_rs_
fires	8	57	4075	3	fire__s_
fireside	12	4	701	3	fireside
firewall	14	12	593	3	firewall
firewater	15	4	521	3	firewater
firmware	16	4	396	3	firmware
forbade	13	25	910	3	for_bade
forbare	12	23	1051	3	for_bare
forebay	15	3	813	3	foreba_y
forebays	16	3	726	3	forebays
forebode	14	4	827	3	forebode
forebye	15	3	635	3	foreb_ye
forecast	13	4	976	3	forecast
foredate	12	3	1091	3	foredate
foreface	16	4	711	3	foreface
foremast	13	4	861	3	foremast
forename	13	4	785	3	forename
forepast	13	4	804	3	forepast
foretaste	12	9	586	3	foretaste
freebased	15	4	347	3	freebased
freebaser	14	4	369	3	freebaser
freebases	14	4	494	3	freebases
grease	7	54	1623	3	_gre_ase
hireable	13	13	908	3	hireable
kilobase	14	5	387	3	kilobase
misease	9	27	1304	3	mise_ase
prebade	12	3	1028	3	_prebade
prebake	15	3	909	3	_prebake
rebate	8	44	2411	3	__rebate
surbase	9	3	979	3	sur_base
urease	6	45	1699	3	_ure_ase
zarebas	18	3	630	3	zarebas_

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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	73	7.906	18487.5
3	Display Results	73	73	0.033	2212.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	73	8.375	21336.2