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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nearlier” 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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23 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
nearlier	8	3	679	(None)
earlier	7	26	1274	1	_earlier
pearlier	10	3	732	1	pearlier
deadlier	10	3	686	2	deadlier
featlier	11	3	645	2	featlier
gnarlier	9	25	516	2	gnarlier
heartier	11	3	909	2	heartier
learier	7	34	1566	2	lear_ier
marlier	9	26	1477	2	_marlier
mealier	9	30	1590	2	mea_lier
measlier	10	3	601	2	measlier
nearer	6	46	1889	2	near__er
nearliest	9	4	936	2	nearliest
nerdier	8	31	1035	2	ne_rdier
nervier	10	29	883	2	ne_rvier
nettlier	8	6	481	2	nettlier
pearler	9	3	1037	2	pearl_er
snarlier	8	27	818	2	snarlier
tearier	7	38	1561	2	tear_ier
vealier	10	27	1217	2	vea_lier
weaklier	15	3	426	2	weaklier
wearier	10	36	1328	2	wear_ier
yearlies	11	3	760	2	yearlies

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.393	35679.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.783	47235.3