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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “candidacies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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52 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
candidacies	17	5	270	(None)
candidates	14	4	630	2	candida_tes
animacies	13	4	859	3	_an_imacies
candidacy	18	5	236	3	candidac__y
candidas	12	33	864	3	candida___s
candidate	13	5	666	3	candida_te_
candidatures	16	5	162	3	candidatures
candidiases	15	5	213	3	candidiases
candidiasis	15	5	143	3	candidiasi_s
noncandidacies	20	7	144	3	~~non~~candidacies
anticaries	12	4	1247	4	_anticaries
antirabies	12	4	841	4	_antirabies
banditries	13	4	534	4	bandi_tries
caddices	14	29	785	4	ca_d_dic_es
caddies	11	37	1838	4	ca_d_d__ies
caddisflies	18	5	82	4	caddisflies
cadencies	14	4	732	4	ca_d_encies
canaries	10	3	1894	4	can___aries
candida	11	41	1025	4	candida____
candidal	12	36	773	4	candida___l
candidature	15	5	151	4	candidature
candider	12	3	734	4	candid___er
candidest	13	4	653	4	candid___est
candidness	14	4	477	4	candid_ness
candidnesses	16	8	539	4	candidnesses
candids	11	38	1269	4	candid____s
candies	10	41	2561	4	can__d__ies
caninities	12	4	1049	4	can_inities
canities	10	15	1926	4	can_i__ties
cannibalise	15	15	322	4	cannibalise
cannibalises	16	14	303	4	cannibalises
cannibalizes	25	14	311	4	cannibalizes
canticles	13	3	918	4	canti__cles
cardiacs	13	7	691	4	cardi_ac__s
caudices	13	33	734	4	caudi__c_es
celibacies	16	4	315	4	c_elibacies
confidantes	17	5	414	4	confidantes
conspiracies	18	5	289	4	conspiracies
contumacies	17	5	414	4	contumacies
dandifies	14	7	689	4	dandi__fies
intimacies	14	4	641	4	_intimacies
janisaries	17	4	478	4	jan_isaries
janizaries	26	4	350	4	jan_izaries
landladies	12	4	379	4	land_ladies
laniaries	9	4	1121	4	lan_i_aries
lapidaries	13	4	506	4	la_pidaries
mandataries	14	5	382	4	mandataries
mediacies	14	4	718	4	_medi_acies
mendicancies	19	5	222	4	mendicancies
radiancies	13	4	527	4	ra_diancies
rancidities	14	4	559	4	rancidities
sanitaries	10	4	991	4	san_itaries

Search took 10 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	52	9.360	15899.5
3	Display Results	52	52	0.033	1575.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	52	9.813	18209.6