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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “goatees” 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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22 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
goatees	8	27	1044	(None)
coatees	9	38	1655	1	coatees
goatee	7	32	1953	1	goatee_
goateed	9	30	706	1	goateed
boatels	9	35	1023	2	boatels
boaters	9	34	1924	2	boaters
bootees	9	41	1447	2	bootees
coatee	8	43	2722	2	coatee_
coaters	9	35	2579	2	coaters
gaters	7	47	2864	2	g_aters
gates	6	59	3951	2	g_at_es
giftees	11	30	651	2	giftees
gloaters	9	28	886	2	gloaters
goalies	8	3	1602	2	goalies
goats	6	55	2730	2	goat__s
goiters	8	40	1444	2	goiters
goitres	8	38	956	2	goitres
grantees	9	25	1097	2	grantees
graters	8	54	1974	2	graters
grates	7	54	2989	2	grat_es
loathes	10	35	1324	2	loathes
oaters	6	50	2979	2	_oaters

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.453	31181.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.859	46305.0