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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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22 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
sturdiest	10	20	739	(None)
sturdies	9	21	1027	1	sturdies_
curdiest	11	25	1139	2	_curdiest
scurfiest	14	23	686	2	scurfiest
scurviest	14	26	612	2	scurviest
starriest	9	15	977	2	starriest
steadiest	10	3	852	2	steadiest
stormiest	11	3	700	2	stormiest
stubbiest	13	4	548	2	stubbiest
studdies	10	20	707	2	studdies_
studies	8	24	1386	2	stu_dies_
studliest	10	3	657	2	studliest
stuffiest	15	23	595	2	stuffiest
stumpiest	13	3	586	2	stumpiest
stupidest	12	4	414	2	stupidest
sturdied	10	21	596	2	sturdie_d
sturdier	9	21	696	2	sturdie_r
sturdiness	11	4	484	2	sturdiness
surfiest	11	24	1443	2	s_urfiest
surliest	8	24	1691	2	s_urliest
tardiest	9	35	1524	2	_tardiest
turfiest	11	24	1013	2	_turfiest

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	22	3.280	37023.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.689	48438.9