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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “soundalikes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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53 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
soundalikes	16	5	191	(None)
soundalike	15	5	228	1	soundalike_
boundaries	13	4	511	3	boundari_es
scandalises	14	4	480	3	scandalises
scandalizes	23	4	453	3	scandalizes
sodalites	10	12	869	3	so__dalites
corydalises	17	5	335	4	corydalises
feudalizes	23	4	452	4	feu_dalizes
foundations	15	4	343	4	foundations
foundlings	15	4	291	4	found_lings
foundries	13	4	569	4	found_ri_es
journalizes	27	10	397	4	journalizes
kundalinis	15	20	160	4	_kundalinis
lookalikes	13	4	185	4	lo_okalikes
poundages	13	4	415	4	pounda__ges
poundals	11	4	501	4	poundal___s
poundcakes	19	10	213	4	pound_cakes
sandflies	13	4	651	4	s_andfli_es
sandlike	13	3	971	4	s_and_like_
scandalise	13	4	489	4	scandalise_
scandalised	15	5	352	4	scandalised
scandalize	22	4	461	4	scandalize_
scandalized	24	5	405	4	scandalized
shunpikes	18	4	190	4	shun__pikes
signalises	11	4	591	4	sign_alises
signalizes	20	4	646	4	sign_alizes
socialises	12	5	825	4	so_cialises
socialites	12	4	750	4	so_cialites
socializes	21	4	840	4	so_cializes
sodalists	10	3	815	4	so__dalists
sodalite	9	10	959	4	so__dalite_
sodalities	11	13	870	4	so__dalities
sodamides	13	4	465	4	so__damides
songlike	13	3	652	4	so_n_glike_
sonlike	11	21	1071	4	so_n__like_
soullike	12	3	681	4	sou__llike_
soundable	12	4	598	4	sounda_ble_
soundboxes	20	5	222	4	sound_boxes
soundings	11	26	615	4	sound__ings
soundless	10	3	553	4	sound_l_ess
soundnesses	12	4	752	4	soundnesses
soundstages	13	5	151	4	soundstages
souplike	14	3	633	4	sou__plike_
sourdines	10	4	674	4	sourd__ines
sousliks	12	4	400	4	sou__slik_s
sudaries	9	3	1275	4	s_u_dari_es
sundaes	8	3	1309	4	s_unda___es
sundries	9	3	1202	4	s_und_ri_es
sunlike	11	23	1057	4	s_un__like_
tourmalines	13	4	348	4	tourmalines
unalike	11	3	1153	4	__un_alike_
vandalises	14	4	681	4	_vandalises
vandalizes	23	4	646	4	_vandalizes

Search took 9 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	53	8.220	18104.5
3	Display Results	53	53	0.030	1766.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	53	8.670	20610.3