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

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

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52 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
skalds	11	43	783	(None)
scalds	9	48	1369	1	scalds
skald	10	42	1017	1	skald_
balds	8	55	2464	2	_balds
kales	9	57	3098	2	_kales
saids	6	53	2885	2	s_aids
salads	7	53	1696	2	s_alads
sales	5	60	5559	2	s_ales
salps	7	44	2324	2	s_alps
sals	4	68	5167	2	s_al_s
salts	5	54	3188	2	s_alts
sands	6	52	2858	2	s_ands
sards	6	47	3618	2	s_ards
scads	8	54	1996	2	sca_ds
scald	8	48	1812	2	scald_
scales	8	45	2931	2	scales
scalls	8	42	1820	2	scalls
scalps	10	43	1523	2	scalps
scolds	9	50	1123	2	scolds
seals	5	48	3970	2	seal_s
shads	9	51	2448	2	sha_ds
shales	9	47	3125	2	shales
shards	10	43	1917	2	shards
sialids	8	3	972	2	sialids
sials	5	42	2724	2	sial_s
silds	6	55	2052	2	s_ilds
skags	10	43	1607	2	ska_gs
skaldic	14	4	355	2	skaldic
skanks	9	47	1083	2	skanks
skas	8	53	2571	2	ska__s
skates	10	42	1940	2	skates
skats	9	46	2154	2	ska_ts
skells	10	50	1378	2	skells
skelms	12	36	802	2	skelms
skelps	12	40	792	2	skelps
skids	10	46	1533	2	sk_ids
skills	10	43	1392	2	skills
skoals	10	43	824	2	skoal_s
skulks	9	42	724	2	skulks
skulls	10	42	964	2	skulls
smalls	8	45	1412	2	smalls
smalts	8	52	1489	2	smalts
spales	8	47	2810	2	spales
spalls	8	42	1734	2	spalls
stales	6	55	3829	2	stales
stalks	10	46	1455	2	stalks
stalls	6	40	1993	2	stalls
stands	7	51	1805	2	stands
swales	9	39	2076	2	swales
swards	10	54	1513	2	swards
wealds	10	45	910	2	wealds
woalds	10	42	758	2	woalds

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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	52	2.736	30172.1
3	Display Results	52	52	0.013	4000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	52	3.092	57791.4