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

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

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45 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
tardiest	9	35	1524	(None)
hardiest	12	34	1633	1	hardiest
lardiest	9	38	1388	1	lardiest
tardies	8	42	2586	1	tardies_
tarriest	8	32	1500	1	tarriest
tartiest	8	27	1831	1	tartiest
aridest	8	3	1614	2	_aridest
artiest	7	31	2199	2	_artiest
barkiest	14	41	1515	2	barkiest
barmiest	12	52	1278	2	barmiest
barniest	10	48	1505	2	barniest
bawdiest	14	39	867	2	bawdiest
curdiest	11	25	1139	2	curdiest
dandiest	10	34	1503	2	dandiest
earliest	8	24	1524	2	earliest
faddiest	13	3	811	2	faddiest
gaudiest	10	3	939	2	gaudiest
handiest	12	34	1777	2	handiest
hardest	11	31	1841	2	hard_est
hardies	11	49	2323	2	hardies_
larkiest	12	37	1331	2	larkiest
marliest	10	24	1518	2	marliest
nerdiest	9	25	1116	2	nerdiest
randiest	9	34	1877	2	randiest
sandiest	9	32	1868	2	sandiest
sarkiest	12	36	1506	2	sarkiest
starriest	9	15	976	2	starriest
sturdiest	10	20	739	2	sturdiest
tackiest	14	31	1243	2	tackiest
talkiest	12	36	1122	2	talkiest
tangiest	9	29	1522	2	tangiest
tardier	8	597	1999	2	tardie_r
tardiness	10	22	991	2	tardiness
tarries	7	33	2426	2	tarries_
tartest	7	25	1753	2	tar_test
tastiest	8	32	1663	2	tastiest
tattiest	8	34	1538	2	tattiest
tawdriest	13	14	329	2	tawdriest
tawniest	11	27	934	2	tawniest
teariest	8	24	1726	2	tear_iest
tidiest	8	35	1487	2	t_idiest
turfiest	11	24	1013	2	turfiest
wariest	10	51	2250	2	war_iest
wartiest	11	36	1464	2	wartiest
wordiest	12	23	1154	2	wordiest

Search took 5 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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	45	4.596	26340.1
3	Display Results	45	45	0.013	3461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	4.749	37627.1