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

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

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80 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
quash	17	45	1216	(None)
quasi	14	40	1502	1	quasi
quass	14	44	1376	1	quass
qursh	17	41	1084	1	qursh
squash	18	4	683	1	squash
abash	10	60	1651	2	abash
aquas	14	24	1261	2	aquas_
ash	6	79	4460	2	__ash
awash	11	66	1316	2	awash
bash	9	152	4016	2	_bash
brash	10	62	2156	2	brash
bush	9	66	3071	2	bu_sh
cash	9	66	3628	2	_cash
clash	10	62	1903	2	clash
crash	10	91	2001	2	crash
cuish	10	3	1317	2	cuish
dash	8	70	3163	2	_dash
deash	9	56	1724	2	deash
fash	10	72	3229	2	_fash
flash	11	57	1621	2	flash
gash	8	68	3302	2	_gash
gnash	9	44	983	2	gnash
gursh	9	45	1233	2	gursh
gush	8	54	2400	2	gu_sh
hash	10	69	3650	2	_hash
hush	10	52	2411	2	hu_sh
lash	7	65	3965	2	_lash
leash	8	55	1921	2	leash
lush	7	53	2769	2	lu_sh
mash	9	60	3940	2	_mash
mush	9	49	2912	2	mu_sh
pash	9	56	3813	2	_pash
plash	10	46	1656	2	plash
push	9	55	2662	2	pu_sh
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
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
quaich	20	4	769	2	quaich
quaigh	19	3	546	2	quaigh
quail	14	43	1436	2	quail
quais	14	46	1839	2	quais
quake	18	41	1464	2	quake
quaky	21	43	1074	2	quaky
quale	14	36	1785	2	quale
qualm	16	35	1118	2	qualm
quamash	21	4	429	2	quamash
quant	14	36	2481	2	quant
quare	14	39	2054	2	quare
quark	18	46	1412	2	quark
quart	14	40	2785	2	quart
quasar	15	3	684	2	quasar
quashed	20	20	798	2	quashed
quasher	19	19	862	2	quasher
quashes	19	21	1097	2	quashes
quate	14	45	2141	2	quate
quay	16	46	1835	2	qua_y
quays	17	46	1204	2	quays
queasy	18	5	517	2	queasy
quest	14	41	2132	2	quest
quoth	17	33	1035	2	quoth
qurush	18	3	550	2	qurush
rash	7	60	3993	2	_rash
rush	7	66	2818	2	ru_sh
sash	7	72	3530	2	_sash
slash	8	47	1968	2	slash
smash	10	48	1443	2	smash
snash	8	48	1567	2	snash
squashy	22	3	384	2	squashy
squish	18	3	857	2	squish
squush	18	3	399	2	squush
stash	8	49	1697	2	stash
swash	11	63	1675	2	swash
trash	8	61	1976	2	trash
tush	7	45	2390	2	tu_sh
wash	10	60	3381	2	_wash

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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	80	1.470	36598.6
3	Display Results	80	80	0.016	5000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	1.799	99328.0