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

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

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69 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
springals	12	4	537	(None)
springal	11	4	597	1	springal_
springald	13	4	368	1	springald
springalds	14	4	271	1	springalds
seringas	9	33	900	2	seringa_s
spinals	9	39	1186	2	sp_in_als
springers	12	30	998	2	springers
springes	11	40	1403	2	spring_es
springily	15	4	558	2	springily
springs	10	44	1592	2	spring__s
springtails	14	11	222	2	springtails
syringas	12	28	595	2	syringa_s
gingals	9	10	931	3	__gingals
gringas	9	3	804	3	_gringa_s
jingals	15	8	807	3	__jingals
laryngals	13	4	251	3	laryngals
martingals	13	4	332	3	martingals
pineals	9	32	1285	3	_p_ineals
ringhals	12	5	627	3	__ringhals
serials	7	39	1975	3	seri__als
seringa	8	33	1074	3	seringa__
signals	8	35	916	3	s__ignals
sorings	8	38	1725	3	soring__s
sparingly	15	3	728	3	sparing_ly
sphinges	14	26	748	3	sphing_es
sphingids	16	4	293	3	sphingids
spiegels	11	3	387	3	sp_iegels
spinages	11	28	929	3	sp_inages
spinal	8	49	1531	3	sp_in_al_
spinels	9	45	1244	3	sp_in_els
spirals	9	32	1251	3	sp_i_rals
spirituals	12	5	355	3	spirituals
spitals	9	30	1159	3	sp_i_tals
sprangs	10	46	1005	3	sprang__s
spriggers	13	32	549	3	spriggers
sprights	14	16	714	3	spri_ghts
sprigs	9	48	1477	3	spri_g__s
sprigtails	13	8	278	3	sprigtails
spring	9	45	2601	3	spring___
springbok	18	4	200	3	springbok
springboks	19	5	194	3	springboks
springe	10	39	1398	3	spring__e
springed	12	39	1132	3	spring_ed
springer	11	33	1175	3	spring_er
springheads	18	10	224	3	springheads
springier	12	3	602	3	springier
springiest	13	15	668	3	springiest
springing	13	3	874	3	springing
springings	14	4	466	3	springings
springlet	12	5	752	3	springlet
springlets	13	4	403	3	springlets
springtail	13	13	233	3	springtail
springy	13	35	966	3	spring__y
sprinkle	14	3	489	3	sprin_kle
sprinkles	15	3	493	3	sprinkles
sprinters	11	32	937	3	sprinters
sprints	9	41	1377	3	sprin__ts
spritsails	12	5	245	3	spritsails
strigils	9	4	685	3	stri_gils
stringers	10	42	1065	3	stringers
stringhalt	14	5	395	3	stringhalt
stringhalts	15	5	264	3	stringhalts
stringily	13	4	600	3	stringily
strings	8	46	1713	3	string__s
strongyls	13	4	315	3	strongyls
syringa	11	36	635	3	syringa__
syringeal	13	4	300	3	syringeal_
syringes	12	28	1021	3	syring_es
urinals	7	6	1026	3	_urin_als

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	69	6.923	21470.6
3	Display Results	69	69	0.030	2300.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	69	7.373	24235.9