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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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13 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
candidal	12	36	773	(None)
candida	11	41	1025	1	candida_
candidas	12	33	864	1	candidas
candid	10	45	1785	2	candid__
candidacy	18	5	236	2	candidacy
candidate	13	5	666	2	candidate
candider	12	3	734	2	candider
candidly	15	4	521	2	candidly
candids	11	38	1269	2	candid_s
cannibal	12	4	520	2	cannibal
capsidal	13	4	562	2	capsidal
cardinal	11	3	956	2	cardinal
conoidal	11	4	901	2	conoidal

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	7.203	16806.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.343	24334.9