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

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

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64 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
finale	9	41	1676	(None)
finable	12	22	1362	1	finable
finagle	11	23	831	1	finagle
final	8	39	2203	1	final_
finales	10	40	1601	1	finales
finals	9	43	1616	1	finals
binal	7	53	2382	2	binal_
binate	8	4	1977	2	binate
bindle	9	45	1626	2	bindle
cicale	10	3	1450	2	cicale
dindle	8	44	1722	2	dindle
dingle	8	43	1707	2	dingle
female	11	3	1055	2	female
fenagle	11	19	715	2	fenagle
fiance	11	3	1074	2	fiance
fickle	15	39	1297	2	fickle
fiddle	11	36	1338	2	fiddle
file	7	54	4664	2	fi__le
fille	8	43	2740	2	fi_lle
fimble	13	36	1175	2	fimble
finagled	13	20	529	2	finagled
finagler	12	19	495	2	finagler
finagles	12	23	755	2	finagles
finalis	10	33	1366	2	finalis
finalise	11	31	1257	2	finalise
finalize	20	27	1102	2	finalize
finally	13	3	1010	2	finally
finance	12	3	857	2	finance
findable	14	17	902	2	findable
fine	7	51	4795	2	fin__e
fineable	13	18	1033	2	fineable
finely	12	30	1156	2	finely
finial	9	28	1418	2	finial_
finialed	12	5	550	2	finialed
finials	10	32	1015	2	finials
finite	9	3	1682	2	finite
fipple	13	32	906	2	fipple
fixable	19	21	819	2	fixable
fixate	16	3	873	2	fixate
fizzle	17	36	971	2	fizzle
fondle	10	44	1294	2	fondle
inane	5	28	2034	2	_inane
ingle	6	41	2043	2	_ingle
inhale	9	4	1151	2	_inhale
inkle	9	45	1583	2	_inkle
jingle	14	38	1522	2	jingle
kinase	10	42	1065	2	kinase
kindle	11	44	1423	2	kindle
linable	9	22	1434	2	linable
linage	7	7	1340	2	linage
minable	11	23	1507	2	minable
minae	7	56	2772	2	mina_e
mingle	9	35	1878	2	mingle
pinole	8	32	1878	2	pinole
pintle	8	38	1826	2	pintle
pinwale	12	5	784	2	pinwale
single	7	45	2060	2	single
tingle	7	43	1906	2	tingle
tinkle	10	37	1445	2	tinkle
vinal	8	57	2581	2	vinal_
vinals	9	47	1648	2	vinals
windle	10	46	1795	2	windle
winkle	13	38	1283	2	winkle
wintle	9	40	1460	2	wintle

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	82551	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	64	4.330	19064.9
3	Display Results	64	64	0.030	2133.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	64	4.483	39859.7