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

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

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81 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
skanks	9	47	1083	(None)
shanks	13	53	1558	1	shanks
skank	8	44	1558	1	skank_
skanky	12	47	696	1	skanky
skinks	9	45	1165	1	skinks
skunks	9	46	816	1	skunks
spanks	12	45	1412	1	spanks
stanks	10	49	1770	1	stanks
swanks	13	48	1156	1	swanks
banks	11	55	2790	2	_banks
blanks	12	41	1289	2	blanks
branks	12	48	1738	2	branks
clanks	12	46	1518	2	clanks
cranks	12	50	1531	2	cranks
flanks	13	39	1340	2	flanks
franks	13	49	1273	2	franks
hanks	12	62	2686	2	_hanks
kanas	9	53	2691	2	_kanas
kanes	9	55	2937	2	_kanes
kinks	8	49	2608	2	_kinks
konks	8	49	1711	2	_konks
planks	12	41	1675	2	planks
pranks	12	48	1472	2	pranks
ranks	9	52	2573	2	_ranks
sacks	11	42	2887	2	s_acks
sands	6	52	2858	2	s_ands
sanes	5	56	4907	2	s_anes
sank	8	52	3683	2	s_ank_
sans	4	51	5336	2	s_an_s
sarks	9	66	3246	2	s_arks
scans	7	46	2510	2	scan_s
scants	8	52	1972	2	scants
shacks	15	48	1756	2	shacks
shank	12	54	2219	2	shank_
sharks	13	50	1972	2	sharks
sinks	9	55	2918	2	s_inks
skags	10	43	1607	2	ska_gs
skalds	11	43	783	2	skalds
skanked	11	33	810	2	skanked
skanker	10	26	848	2	skanker
skankers	11	31	648	2	skankers
skas	8	53	2571	2	ska__s
skates	10	42	1940	2	skates
skats	9	46	2154	2	ska_ts
skeanes	11	36	1071	2	skeanes
skeans	10	45	1291	2	skean_s
skenes	10	46	1663	2	skenes
skink	8	59	1685	2	skink_
skins	9	47	2346	2	skin_s
skulks	9	42	724	2	skulks
skunk	8	50	1176	2	skunk_
skunky	12	43	616	2	skunky
slacks	12	44	1653	2	slacks
slangs	7	56	1534	2	slangs
slank	9	58	2277	2	slank_
slants	6	48	1908	2	slants
slinks	10	43	1515	2	slinks
smacks	14	41	1232	2	smacks
snacks	12	45	1455	2	snacks
snarks	10	48	1573	2	snarks
soaks	9	52	2029	2	soa_ks
spank	11	59	1957	2	spank_
spans	7	45	2873	2	span_s
sparks	12	46	1636	2	sparks
spunks	12	34	933	2	spunks
stacks	12	43	1726	2	stacks
stalks	10	46	1455	2	stalks
stands	7	51	1805	2	stands
stanes	6	49	3340	2	stanes
stangs	7	50	1817	2	stangs
stank	9	58	2330	2	stank_
stinks	10	56	1683	2	stinks
swank	12	53	1823	2	swank_
swanky	16	44	797	2	swanky
swans	8	46	2501	2	swan_s
swinks	13	46	1065	2	swinks
tanks	9	46	2474	2	_tanks
thanks	13	43	1313	2	thanks
tranks	10	40	1776	2	tranks
wanks	12	61	2448	2	_wanks
yanks	12	53	1657	2	_yanks

Search took 3 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	81	2.390	34540.2
3	Display Results	81	81	0.033	2454.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	81	2.783	64208.0