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

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

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67 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
sandflies	13	4	651	(None)
gadflies	13	3	473	2	ga_dflies
sandpiles	12	4	630	2	sandpiles
sawflies	14	4	474	2	sa_wflies
shadflies	16	4	383	2	shadflies
bandies	10	41	2486	3	band__ies
bandolier	12	4	528	3	bandolier
bandoliers	13	4	414	3	bandoliers
barflies	13	3	830	3	ba_rflies
candies	10	41	2561	3	cand__ies
candles	10	44	2234	3	cand_l_es
dandies	9	41	2144	3	dand__ies
dandifies	14	7	689	3	dandifies
dandles	9	42	1853	3	dand_l_es
dayflies	15	3	446	3	da_yflies
gallflies	13	4	422	3	gallflies
handles	11	40	2065	3	hand_l_es
landfills	13	4	341	3	landfills
landlines	10	3	976	3	land_lines
landslides	12	8	418	3	landslides
landslips	12	8	401	3	landslips
mandolines	13	4	710	3	mandolines
mandolins	12	4	843	3	mandolins
manyplies	16	4	389	3	manyplies
mayflies	16	4	491	3	ma_yflies
medflies	14	3	555	3	_medflies
pandies	10	42	2450	3	pand__ies
panfries	13	14	920	3	pan_fries
panoplies	13	4	600	3	panoplies
randies	8	42	2566	3	rand__ies
saddles	9	54	1574	3	sa_ddl_es
salifies	11	3	1479	3	salif_ies
sallies	7	32	2781	3	sa__llies
sandaled	10	3	924	3	sandal_ed
sandaling	11	20	1056	3	sandaling
sandalled	11	4	590	3	sandalled
sandals	8	27	1520	3	sandal__s
sandboxes	19	4	446	3	sandboxes
sandfish	15	5	668	3	sandf_ish
sandfishes	17	4	554	3	sandfishes
sandfly	14	3	564	3	sandfl__y
sandglass	11	4	372	3	sandglass
sandhis	11	3	999	3	sand_hi_s
sandier	8	40	1784	3	sand__ier
sandiest	9	32	1869	3	sand__iest
sandless	9	32	1234	3	sand_less
sandlike	13	3	971	3	sand_like
sandling	10	22	1441	3	sand_ling
sandlings	11	23	809	3	sand_lings
sandlots	9	3	829	3	sand_lots
sandpile	11	4	677	3	sandpile_
sandpits	11	4	684	3	sand_pits
sandshoes	13	4	521	3	sandshoes
sanicles	10	14	994	3	sanicl_es
sanies	6	30	3195	3	san___ies
sanities	8	12	1977	3	san_ities
scandalise	13	4	489	3	scandalise
scandalises	14	4	480	3	scandalises
scandalizes	23	4	453	3	scandalizes
shandies	12	27	1411	3	shand__ies
shooflies	15	4	414	3	shooflies
snaffles	14	24	604	3	snaffl_es
stoneflies	13	4	321	3	stoneflies
sundries	9	3	1202	3	sund_ries
vandalise	13	4	767	3	vandalise
vandalises	14	4	681	3	vandalises
vandalizes	23	4	646	3	vandalizes

Search took 8 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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	67	6.906	21523.5
3	Display Results	67	67	0.030	2233.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	7.342	24338.2