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

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

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75 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
smashes	12	39	1461	(None)
mashes	11	50	3000	1	_mashes
sashes	9	47	2848	1	s_ashes
slashes	10	36	1910	1	slashes
smashed	13	37	1122	1	smashed
smasher	12	39	1102	1	smasher
smashers	13	33	959	1	smashers
smushes	12	37	1009	1	smushes
snashes	10	52	1475	1	snashes
stashes	10	39	1617	1	stashes
swashes	13	47	1440	1	swashes
abashes	12	5	1037	2	abashes
amasses	9	39	1285	2	amasses
ashes	8	62	3061	2	__ashes
bashes	11	56	3139	2	_bashes
brashes	12	45	1846	2	brashes
cashes	11	47	2988	2	_cashes
clashes	12	40	1728	2	clashes
crashes	12	46	1840	2	crashes
dashes	10	61	2498	2	_dashes
deashes	11	33	1390	2	deashes
emdashes	14	22	430	2	emdashes
fashes	12	45	2402	2	_fashes
flashes	13	39	1610	2	flashes
gamashes	14	5	694	2	gamashes
gashes	10	57	2515	2	_gashes
gnashes	11	41	957	2	gnashes
hashes	12	50	2480	2	_hashes
lashes	9	48	3100	2	_lashes
leashes	10	35	1440	2	leashes
maches	13	48	2723	2	_maches
marshes	12	36	1537	2	_marshes
mashed	12	53	2504	2	_mashed
masher	11	41	2320	2	_masher
mashers	12	46	2105	2	_mashers
mashies	12	3	1825	2	_mashies
masses	8	50	2871	2	_masses
meshes	11	50	1944	2	_meshes
moshes	11	52	2287	2	_moshes
mushes	11	41	2456	2	_mushes
pashes	11	58	2839	2	_pashes
plashes	12	44	1739	2	plashes
quashes	19	21	1097	2	quashes
rashes	9	53	3015	2	_rashes
sadhes	10	47	1537	2	s_adhes
samshus	12	12	535	2	samshus
sashed	10	56	2294	2	s_ashed
sasses	6	41	2439	2	s_asses
scathes	12	45	1571	2	scathes
shushes	13	35	1030	2	shushes
skoshes	14	24	625	2	skoshes
slashed	11	41	1485	2	slashed
slasher	10	45	1533	2	slasher
slashers	11	33	1361	2	slashers
sloshes	10	38	1180	2	sloshes
slushes	10	35	1441	2	slushes
smash	10	48	1443	2	smash__
smashup	14	4	345	2	smashup
smashups	15	4	321	2	smashups
smazes	17	43	1166	2	sma_zes
smooshes	13	20	686	2	smooshes
smushed	13	36	823	2	smushed
snathes	10	48	1649	2	snathes
spathes	12	51	1653	2	spathes
splashes	13	3	750	2	splashes
squashes	20	20	780	2	squashes
stases	6	42	2556	2	stas_es
stashed	11	38	1249	2	stashed
swashed	14	43	1136	2	swashed
swasher	13	40	1151	2	swasher
swashers	14	38	953	2	swashers
swathes	13	41	1551	2	swathes
swishes	13	34	1137	2	swishes
trashes	10	41	1926	2	trashes
washes	12	44	2549	2	_washes

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	107671	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	75	3.656	29450.5
3	Display Results	75	75	0.033	2272.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	75	3.812	46875.9