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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “knaur” 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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27 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
knaur	9	50	825	(None)
knar	8	58	1872	1	kna_r
knaurs	10	46	696	1	knaurs
knur	8	53	1197	1	kn_ur
gaur	5	67	2335	2	_gaur
gnar	5	60	2138	2	gna_r
gnarr	6	48	1069	2	gnarr
incur	7	22	1225	2	incur
kauri	9	38	1185	2	k_auri
kaury	12	42	976	2	k_aury
kbar	10	65	1465	2	kba_r
knack	10	43	1104	2	knack
knap	10	58	1540	2	kna_p
knaps	11	55	1117	2	knaps
knarry	13	3	461	2	knarry
knars	9	44	1611	2	knars
knave	12	38	946	2	knave
knawe	12	39	788	2	knawe
knout	9	50	1826	2	knout
knurl	9	39	891	2	kn_url
knurs	9	45	1115	2	kn_urs
kraut	9	52	2140	2	kraut
kyar	11	69	1684	2	kya_r
scaur	7	58	1490	2	scaur
unau	4	39	2415	2	unau_
unaus	5	32	1657	2	unaus
waur	7	68	1990	2	_waur

Search took 2 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	53800	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	27	1.406	38264.6
3	Display Results	27	27	0.013	2076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	1.732	103170.3