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

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

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
octagonal	12	4	264	(None)
octagon	10	4	524	2	octagon__
octagonally	17	5	250	2	octagonally
octagons	11	4	449	2	octagon_s
agonal	7	4	1005	3	___agonal
decagonal	13	4	372	3	decagonal
diagonal	10	9	565	3	_diagonal
heptagonal	16	5	183	3	heptagonal
hexagonal	20	6	266	3	hexagonal
locational	12	4	659	3	locational
nonagonal	10	5	527	3	nonagonal
occasional	14	5	337	3	occasional
octanol	9	4	474	3	octa__nol
octantal	10	4	456	3	octa_ntal
octaval	12	4	358	3	octa__val
optional	10	4	764	3	opt_ional
orthogonal	14	5	319	3	orthogonal
ovational	12	4	685	3	ovational
pentagonal	13	6	356	3	pentagonal
tetragonal	11	5	322	3	tetragonal
vocational	15	4	695	3	vocational

Search took 7 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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	6.283	23657.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.735	26531.7