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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cartoonishly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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12 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
cartoonishly	20	6	86	(None)
cartoonish	15	6	362	2	cartoonish__
cartoonist	12	5	716	3	cartoonis__t
cartoonists	13	8	440	3	cartoonis_ts
cartooning	13	4	588	4	cartooni__ng
cartoonings	14	4	266	4	cartooni_ngs
cartoons	10	40	1280	4	cartoon_s___
cartoony	13	37	740	4	cartoon____y
cattishly	17	4	347	4	ca_t__tishly
clownishly	21	8	183	4	c__lownishly
moonishly	17	4	373	4	___moonishly
tonishly	14	4	552	4	___t_onishly

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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	7.390	16886.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.796	22920.9