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

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

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70 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
sickies	13	37	1750	(None)
dickies	14	34	1634	1	dickies
hickies	16	36	1474	1	hickies
sickees	13	45	1421	1	sickees
sickie	12	37	1574	1	sickie_
sickles	13	34	1754	1	sickles
sicklies	14	7	1001	1	sicklies
silkies	11	37	1569	1	silkies
stickies	14	22	1197	1	stickies
bikies	12	45	1516	2	bi_kies
birkies	13	37	1243	2	birkies
dickie	13	39	1311	2	dickie_
dickier	14	35	1245	2	dickier
dickiest	15	34	1250	2	dickiest
dinkies	12	37	1603	2	dinkies
duckies	14	36	1381	2	duckies
hackies	16	34	1824	2	hackies
hickie	15	38	1247	2	hickie_
ickier	12	43	992	2	_ickier
ickiest	13	36	1104	2	_ickiest
jackies	20	29	1262	2	jackies
kickier	12	34	905	2	kickier
kickiest	13	31	967	2	kickiest
luckies	13	33	1368	2	luckies
mickles	15	34	1500	2	mickles
nickles	13	37	1382	2	nickles
pickier	15	39	1297	2	pickier
pickiest	16	27	1259	2	pickiest
pickles	15	32	1544	2	pickles
pinkies	13	38	1826	2	pinkies
quickies	23	3	677	2	quickies
scries	8	52	2682	2	s_cries
selkies	11	35	1335	2	selkies
sices	7	56	3727	2	sic__es
sickbed	16	39	682	2	sickbed
sickbeds	17	25	421	2	sickbeds
sicked	13	45	2440	2	sick_ed
sickee	12	46	2222	2	sick_ee
sicken	12	46	1525	2	sick_en
sickens	13	44	1148	2	sickens
sicker	12	40	2390	2	sick_er
sickest	13	18	1379	2	sick_est
sicking	14	37	2017	2	sicking
sickish	16	3	842	2	sickish
sickle	12	44	1832	2	sickle_
sickled	14	47	1343	2	sickled
sicklied	15	4	658	2	sicklied
sicklier	14	5	721	2	sicklier
sickliest	15	4	752	2	sickliest
sickness	14	3	783	2	sickness
sickos	12	51	1203	2	sick_os
sicks	11	51	2762	2	sick__s
sikes	9	62	3608	2	si_k_es
silkie	10	33	1340	2	silkie_
silkier	11	44	1164	2	silkier
silkiest	12	32	1285	2	silkiest
sillies	7	34	2508	2	sillies
siskins	11	5	958	2	siskins
sissies	7	37	1660	2	sissies
sixties	14	3	1097	2	sixties
skies	9	50	2683	2	s__kies
stickier	14	22	976	2	stickier
stickiest	15	22	960	2	stickiest
stickles	14	25	1210	2	stickles
suckier	13	36	1397	2	suckier
suckiest	14	33	1411	2	suckiest
suckles	13	45	1674	2	suckles
sulkies	11	43	1576	2	sulkies
tickles	13	34	1685	2	tickles
vichies	15	3	1062	2	vichies

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	70	3.983	27032.6
3	Display Results	70	70	0.046	1521.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	70	4.422	40409.5