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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fossils” 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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21 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
fossils	10	37	901	(None)
dossils	8	66	977	1	dossils
fossil	9	37	935	1	fossil_
bossies	9	41	1683	2	bossies
bossily	12	3	756	2	bossily
dossals	8	37	929	2	dossals
dossels	8	55	1160	2	dossels
dossil	7	51	1090	2	dossil_
fissile	10	26	965	2	fissile
flossies	11	28	1012	2	flossies
flossily	14	3	452	2	flossily
foils	8	50	2581	2	fo__ils
fossas	9	46	1070	2	foss_as
fosses	9	60	2208	2	foss_es
fossick	16	13	473	2	fossick
fossicks	17	13	416	2	fossicks
fossilise	12	4	372	2	fossilise
fusils	9	39	1234	2	f_usils
fussily	13	26	760	2	fussily
gossips	10	3	590	2	gossips
tonsils	7	3	1018	2	tonsils

Search took 4 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.326	53725.5