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

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

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48 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
hardly	13	51	1283	(None)
hardily	14	33	1027	1	hardily
hardy	12	56	2206	1	hard_y
aridly	10	55	1370	2	_aridly
badly	11	49	1876	2	ba_dly
baldly	12	47	983	2	baldly
barely	11	47	1679	2	barely
barfly	14	33	965	2	barfly
charily	15	3	1028	2	charily
darkly	14	54	1107	2	darkly
early	8	53	2412	2	ear_ly
hackly	18	29	873	2	hackly
handily	14	36	1087	2	handily
handle	10	42	1929	2	handle
handy	12	55	2087	2	hand_y
haply	13	59	1506	2	ha_ply
hard	8	54	4350	2	hard__
harden	10	57	1853	2	harden
harder	10	50	2240	2	harder
hards	9	64	3565	2	hard_s
harl	7	57	4000	2	har_l_
harls	8	56	3450	2	har_ls
harpy	13	64	1821	2	har_py
harry	11	53	2295	2	har_ry
harshly	16	3	627	2	harshly
hazily	21	7	906	2	hazily
hoarily	13	3	897	2	hoarily
hurdle	10	37	1279	2	hurdle
hurly	11	58	1929	2	hur_ly
lairdly	11	3	491	2	lairdly
lardy	9	61	1927	2	lard_y
lordly	10	3	875	2	lordly
madly	11	52	1813	2	ma_dly
marbly	13	41	1193	2	marbly
marly	10	69	2561	2	mar_ly
pardy	11	55	2395	2	pard_y
partly	11	63	1547	2	partly
rarely	9	35	1365	2	rarely
sadly	9	45	1912	2	sa_dly
sharply	15	40	683	2	sharply
tardily	11	26	958	2	tardily
tardy	9	47	2046	2	tard_y
tartly	9	60	1402	2	tartly
thirdly	14	4	463	2	thirdly
waddly	14	47	872	2	waddly
warily	12	29	1509	2	warily
warmly	14	22	806	2	warmly
yarely	12	28	1030	2	yarely

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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	48	2.653	31116.1
3	Display Results	48	48	0.016	3000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	48	3.029	58993.4