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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scarlet” 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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44 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
scarlet	9	15	1694	(None)
scarlets	10	17	857	1	scarlets
starlet	7	16	2012	1	starlet
cablet	10	44	2946	2	_cablet
callet	8	45	3676	2	_callet
camlet	10	44	2658	2	_camlet
caplet	10	42	2681	2	_caplet
caret	7	53	6056	2	_car_et
carle	7	45	3570	2	_carle_
carles	8	54	3508	2	_carles
carnet	8	47	3287	2	_carnet
carpet	10	45	3009	2	_carpet
sallet	6	37	3454	2	s_allet
samlet	8	41	2656	2	s_amlet
scale	7	46	2914	2	sca_le_
scaled	9	48	2244	2	sca_led
scaler	8	43	2160	2	sca_ler
scales	8	45	2931	2	sca_les
scarce	10	40	1363	2	scarce_
scarcer	11	39	1137	2	scarcer
scarcest	12	16	917	2	scarcest
scare	7	53	3446	2	scar_e_
scared	9	52	2729	2	scar_ed
scarer	8	45	2461	2	scar_er
scares	8	50	3300	2	scar_es
scarey	11	50	1698	2	scar_ey
scarfed	13	47	1118	2	scarfed
scarfer	12	45	1108	2	scarfer
scarier	9	40	1787	2	scarier
scariest	10	16	1595	2	scariest
scarless	10	18	905	2	scarless
scarped	12	43	1440	2	scarped
scarper	11	48	1482	2	scarper
scarred	10	45	1263	2	scarred
scart	7	61	3977	2	scar__t
scarted	10	48	1612	2	scarted
scarves	12	45	1162	2	scarves
snarled	8	36	1236	2	snarled
snarler	7	36	1063	2	snarler
sparklet	14	31	1059	2	sparklet
starlets	8	16	1008	2	starlets
starlit	7	15	1291	2	starlit
sterlet	7	13	1847	2	sterlet
varlet	9	4	2350	2	_varlet

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	44	3.656	29450.5
3	Display Results	44	44	0.016	2750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	44	4.062	43990.9