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

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

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89 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
quale	14	36	1785	(None)
quake	18	41	1464	1	quake
qualm	16	35	1118	1	qualm
quare	14	39	2054	1	quare
quate	14	45	2141	1	quate
ale	3	65	7234	2	__ale
aquae	14	22	1271	2	aqua_e
bale	6	63	5384	2	_bale
bubale	10	40	1462	2	bubale
bugle	8	47	2194	2	bugle
butle	7	50	2310	2	butle
dale	5	56	4398	2	_dale
dual	5	59	2817	2	dual_
duals	6	56	2008	2	duals
duple	8	53	1586	2	duple
equable	18	4	925	2	equable
equal	14	4	982	2	equal_
equaled	17	16	692	2	equaled
equals	15	3	869	2	equals
equate	15	20	1246	2	equate
fugle	9	49	1554	2	fugle
gale	5	63	4732	2	_gale
guile	6	45	2113	2	guile
hale	7	60	5283	2	_hale
kale	8	65	3375	2	_kale
male	6	60	5229	2	_male
mule	6	52	3697	2	mu_le
pale	6	60	5501	2	_pale
pule	6	50	4095	2	pu_le
qua	12	48	2197	2	qua__
quack	20	38	1250	2	quack
quad	14	46	1870	2	qua_d
quads	15	45	1584	2	quads
quaere	15	41	1067	2	quaere
quaff	20	13	1135	2	quaff
quag	14	48	1594	2	qua_g
quags	15	46	1325	2	quags
quai	13	44	2039	2	qua_i
quail	14	43	1436	2	quail
quailed	17	3	782	2	quailed
quails	15	34	1264	2	quails
quais	14	46	1839	2	quais
quaked	20	39	1003	2	quaked
quaker	19	38	1162	2	quaker
quakes	19	40	1334	2	quakes
quaky	21	43	1074	2	quaky
qualia	15	5	956	2	qualia
qualms	17	31	724	2	qualms
qualmy	20	28	580	2	qualmy
quant	14	36	2481	2	quant
quark	18	46	1412	2	quark
quart	14	40	2785	2	quart
quarte	15	41	1532	2	quarte
quash	17	45	1216	2	quash
quasi	14	40	1502	2	quasi
quass	14	44	1376	2	quass
quatre	15	35	1235	2	quatre
quaver	18	30	931	2	quaver
quay	16	46	1835	2	qua_y
quays	17	46	1204	2	quays
quelea	15	4	730	2	quelea
quell	14	43	1142	2	quell
queue	14	37	1123	2	queue
quill	14	84	1376	2	quill
quilt	14	41	2510	2	quilt
quire	14	49	1712	2	quire
quite	14	46	2146	2	quite
quoll	14	37	949	2	quoll
quote	14	37	1477	2	quote
rale	4	50	5056	2	_rale
ruble	7	45	2125	2	ruble
rule	4	99	3842	2	ru_le
sale	4	49	5970	2	_sale
scale	7	46	2914	2	scale
shale	8	53	3283	2	shale
spale	7	49	2921	2	spale
squall	15	3	799	2	squall
square	15	45	1335	2	square
stale	5	56	3710	2	stale
suable	8	39	2055	2	suable
suave	8	35	1987	2	suave
swale	8	52	2159	2	swale
tale	4	61	5416	2	_tale
tule	4	57	3587	2	tu_le
tulle	5	40	1993	2	tulle
vale	7	49	3734	2	_vale
wale	7	45	4643	2	_wale
whale	11	55	1743	2	whale
yule	7	57	2514	2	yu_le

Search took 2 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	53800	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	89	1.516	35488.1
3	Display Results	89	89	0.033	2697.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	89	1.642	108825.2