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

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

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84 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
candler	10	35	1659	(None)
candle	9	43	2148	1	candle_
candled	11	38	1574	1	candled
candlers	11	42	1410	1	candlers
candles	10	44	2234	1	candles
chandler	14	35	837	1	chandler
dandler	9	44	1427	1	dandler
handler	11	35	1616	1	handler
landler	8	41	1320	1	landler
angler	7	40	1786	2	_angler
antler	6	46	1555	2	_antler
bander	9	39	2822	2	band_er
bundler	10	40	1172	2	bundler
cabler	10	45	1917	2	ca_bler
cackler	15	38	1257	2	cackler
cadger	10	50	1391	2	ca_dger
cajoler	16	39	839	2	cajoler
caller	8	51	2548	2	ca_ller
canaled	10	36	1556	2	canaled
canaller	10	3	895	2	canaller
canceler	12	23	891	2	canceler
cancer	10	42	2092	2	can_cer
candela	10	8	974	2	candela
candider	12	3	734	2	candider
candied	11	38	1602	2	candied
candies	10	41	2561	2	candies
candor	9	45	1642	2	cand_or
candour	10	42	1024	2	candour
caner	7	53	3477	2	can__er
canker	12	44	2252	2	can_ker
canner	8	46	2598	2	can_ner
cannier	9	40	1416	2	cannier
canoer	8	51	2107	2	can_oer
canter	8	52	3011	2	can_ter
cantle	8	45	2215	2	cantle_
cantles	9	47	2141	2	cantles
canular	9	3	1032	2	canular
carder	9	45	2418	2	card_er
caroler	9	38	1675	2	caroler
caudle	9	39	1291	2	caudle_
caudles	10	39	1281	2	caudles
caviler	12	4	906	2	caviler
chandlers	15	38	767	2	chandlers
chandlery	18	38	442	2	chandlery
cinder	9	41	1912	2	cind_er
coddler	11	37	1083	2	coddler
condoler	11	34	1212	2	condoler
cradler	10	29	1051	2	cradler
cuddler	11	38	1074	2	cuddler
curdler	10	35	1156	2	curdler
dander	8	112	2299	2	dand_er
dandier	9	37	1457	2	dandier
dandle	8	42	1809	2	dandle_
dandled	10	33	1354	2	dandled
dandlers	10	39	1205	2	dandlers
dandles	9	42	1853	2	dandles
dangler	9	69	1281	2	dangler
dawdler	12	35	679	2	dawdler
fondler	11	34	888	2	fondler
gander	8	43	2276	2	gand_er
hander	10	45	2643	2	hand_er
handier	11	38	1744	2	handier
handle	10	42	1929	2	handle_
handled	12	41	1453	2	handled
handlers	12	40	1414	2	handlers
handles	11	40	2065	2	handles
jangler	15	38	1183	2	jangler
kindler	12	30	998	2	kindler
ladler	7	43	1493	2	la_dler
lander	7	40	2848	2	land_er
landlers	9	43	1283	2	landlers
mangler	10	32	1564	2	mangler
paddler	11	37	1155	2	paddler
pander	9	37	2552	2	pand_er
randier	8	36	1847	2	randier
saddler	9	38	1196	2	saddler
sander	7	48	2853	2	sand_er
sandier	8	40	1784	2	sandier
tangler	8	35	1507	2	tangler
waddler	12	40	1079	2	waddler
wander	10	44	2371	2	wand_er
wandle	10	53	1666	2	wandle_
wangler	11	33	1265	2	wangler
zander	16	34	1711	2	zand_er

Search took 5 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	107671	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	84	3.690	29179.1
3	Display Results	84	84	0.016	5250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	84	4.109	43487.7