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

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
widow	12	7	893	(None)
widows	13	7	656	1	widows
window	13	4	736	1	window
dido	6	65	2819	2	dido_
didos	7	68	2081	2	didos
dow	7	67	4997	2	__dow
eidos	6	58	1775	2	eidos
endow	9	45	1098	2	endow
fido	8	77	2639	2	fido_
fidos	9	58	1905	2	fidos
idol	5	68	1863	2	_idol
indow	9	50	1166	2	indow
lido	5	60	2815	2	lido_
lidos	6	52	1988	2	lidos
miaow	10	5	835	2	miaow
widdy	13	61	1218	2	widdy
wide	8	52	3540	2	wid_e
widen	9	47	1797	2	widen
wider	9	48	2635	2	wider
wides	9	48	3282	2	wides
widowed	15	3	484	2	widowed
widower	14	3	534	2	widower
width	12	3	1096	2	width
willow	12	36	969	2	willow
windows	14	4	774	2	windows
windowy	17	4	464	2	windowy
windrow	14	4	585	2	windrow
winnow	12	3	459	2	winnow
wino	7	59	3361	2	wino_
winos	8	46	2504	2	winos
wisdom	12	3	598	2	wisdom
wow	9	66	4347	2	w__ow
adios	6	58	2286	3	adios
ado	4	91	4687	3	_ado_
ados	5	76	3351	3	_ados
adown	9	56	1166	3	_adown
aglow	9	47	1197	3	aglow
aid	4	92	6907	3	aid__
aide	5	60	4499	3	aid_e
aided	7	58	2893	3	aided
aider	6	54	3113	3	aider
aides	6	53	3660	3	aides
aids	5	78	4635	3	aid_s
aldol	6	12	1233	3	aldol
allow	8	54	2066	3	allow
alow	7	53	2859	3	_alow
amido	8	57	2098	3	amido_
amidol	9	48	957	3	amidol
ardor	6	46	1786	3	ardor
arrow	8	34	1488	3	arrow
avow	10	78	1646	3	_avow
azido	15	54	1154	3	azido_
bedew	11	45	1303	3	bedew
below	10	46	1719	3	below
bid	6	77	5179	3	bid__
biddy	12	46	1269	3	biddy
bide	7	60	4148	3	bid_e
bided	9	54	2496	3	bided
bider	8	57	2837	3	bider
bides	8	55	3677	3	bides
bidet	8	49	3562	3	bidet
bidi	7	82	2657	3	bid_i
bidis	8	67	2114	3	bidis
bids	7	58	3843	3	bid_s
bigos	8	50	2001	3	bigos
bigot	8	48	2832	3	bigot
bijou	14	5	879	3	bijou
billow	11	41	1122	3	billow
bio	5	78	4608	3	bi_o_
biog	7	61	2232	3	bi_og
bios	6	63	3532	3	bi_os
bipod	10	44	1082	3	bipod
biro	6	61	3121	3	biro_
biros	7	53	2513	3	biros
bison	7	57	1698	3	bison
blow	9	58	2719	3	_blow
bow	8	70	5190	3	__bow
brow	9	72	2844	3	_brow
cahow	13	51	1094	3	cahow
chow	12	58	2099	3	_chow
ciao	6	49	2418	3	ciao_
cibol	9	5	1202	3	cibol
cider	8	47	2331	3	cider
cion	6	133	3091	3	ci_on
codon	8	65	2285	3	codon
cow	8	98	5671	3	__cow
crow	9	64	2813	3	_crow
dado	6	71	2633	3	dado_
dados	7	55	2243	3	dados
daw	7	71	4836	3	__daw
dew	7	71	3992	3	__dew
dhow	11	66	1400	3	_dhow
dicot	8	54	2909	3	dicot
did	5	68	5051	3	did__
didie	7	41	2056	3	didie
didoes	8	57	1696	3	didoes
didst	7	46	1961	3	didst
didy	9	91	2150	3	did_y
dildo	7	19	1177	3	dildo_
dildoe	8	19	867	3	dildoe
dildos	8	17	930	3	dildos
dino	5	60	3675	3	dino_
dinos	6	54	2806	3	dinos
diode	7	47	1611	3	diode
diol	5	73	2913	3	di_ol
disown	10	3	695	3	disown
divot	9	57	2307	3	divot
do	3	101	5525	3	__do_
doc	6	68	4151	3	__doc
dodo	6	60	2491	3	dodo_
dodos	7	58	1939	3	dodos
doe	4	73	6195	3	__doe
dog	5	74	4975	3	__dog
dol	4	71	5065	3	__dol
dom	6	97	5244	3	__dom
don	4	67	5765	3	__don
dor	4	72	5392	3	__dor
dos	4	80	6231	3	__dos
dot	4	75	7318	3	__dot
down	8	64	2749	3	__down
dows	8	59	4105	3	__dows
eddo	6	34	1180	3	eddo_
eide	5	58	3223	3	eid_e
eider	6	46	2474	3	eider
eidola	7	3	768	3	eidola
eikon	9	3	946	3	eikon
elbow	10	11	770	3	elbow
embow	12	9	756	3	embow
endows	10	46	1042	3	endows
enow	7	78	1987	3	_enow
fado	8	72	2646	3	fado_
fados	9	56	2073	3	fados
fico	9	58	2459	3	fico_
fid	7	68	4768	3	fid__
fidge	10	45	1605	3	fidge
fids	8	70	3473	3	fid_s
filo	7	60	3428	3	filo_
filos	8	61	2538	3	filos
fino	7	60	3469	3	fino_
finos	8	62	2695	3	finos
flow	10	59	2492	3	_flow
frow	10	64	2505	3	_frow
gid	5	70	4726	3	gid__
giddy	11	58	1020	3	giddy
gids	6	59	3373	3	gid_s
gigot	7	40	2307	3	gigot
gipon	8	42	1241	3	gipon
giro	5	58	2863	3	giro_
giron	6	61	1899	3	giron
giros	6	57	2265	3	giros
glow	8	52	2252	3	_glow
godown	11	3	603	3	godown
grow	8	61	2730	3	_grow
guidon	8	3	737	3	guidon
hid	7	62	4837	3	hid__
hide	8	51	3463	3	hid_e
hided	10	52	2244	3	hided
hider	9	50	2408	3	hider
hides	9	51	2942	3	hides
how	9	72	5243	3	__how
icon	6	69	2204	3	_icon
id	3	89	4183	3	_id__
idea	5	91	2277	3	_idea
idem	7	61	2106	3	_idem
ides	5	77	3423	3	_ides
idiom	8	9	996	3	_idiom
idiot	6	7	1886	3	_idiot
idle	5	54	2376	3	_idle
idly	8	56	1732	3	_idly
idols	6	55	1413	3	_idols
ids	4	75	3546	3	_id_s
idyl	8	59	1230	3	_idyl
ikon	8	58	1495	3	_ikon
imido	8	58	1224	3	imido_
indol	6	37	1487	3	indol
indows	10	42	1079	3	indows
ion	3	60	5102	3	_i_on
iron	4	67	2846	3	_iron
jiao	11	50	1784	3	jiao_
jow	13	76	3930	3	__jow
judo	12	53	1530	3	judo_
judos	13	47	1173	3	judos
kid	8	65	4061	3	kid__
kiddo	11	39	894	3	kiddo
kiddos	12	41	686	3	kiddos
kiddy	14	49	1027	3	kiddy
kids	9	60	2963	3	kid_s
kilo	8	60	2866	3	kilo_
kilos	9	50	2147	3	kilos
kino	8	62	3361	3	kino_
kinos	9	66	2614	3	kinos
know	11	61	1584	3	_know
kotow	12	52	871	3	kotow
kudo	9	61	1510	3	kudo_
kudos	10	50	1125	3	kudos
lid	4	74	5351	3	lid__
lidar	6	3	1272	3	lidar
lids	5	63	3645	3	lid_s
lilo	4	67	3156	3	lilo_
lilos	5	58	2187	3	lilos
limo	6	55	2973	3	limo_
limos	7	53	2081	3	limos
lino	4	63	4337	3	lino_
linos	5	56	3150	3	linos
lion	4	63	3444	3	li_on
lirot	5	4	3003	3	lirot
low	6	60	5187	3	__low
meadow	12	3	740	3	meadow
meow	9	51	1788	3	_meow
miaou	7	5	1308	3	miaou
miaows	11	4	547	3	miaows
mid	6	73	5446	3	mid__
middy	12	48	1259	3	middy
midge	9	50	1654	3	midge
midi	7	56	2847	3	mid_i
midis	8	59	2341	3	midis
mids	7	65	4178	3	mid_s
midst	8	59	2255	3	midst
midtown	13	4	367	3	midtown
mildew	12	31	904	3	mildew
milo	6	55	3610	3	milo_
milos	7	54	2801	3	milos
minnow	11	3	558	3	minnow
minor	7	49	2006	3	minor
misdo	8	54	1318	3	misdo_
miso	6	72	2990	3	miso_
misos	7	65	2329	3	misos
mow	8	66	5035	3	__mow
nicol	7	11	1329	3	nicol
nidal	6	52	1710	3	nidal
nide	5	55	3578	3	nid_e
nided	7	59	2087	3	nided
nides	6	52	2913	3	nides
nidi	5	65	2439	3	nid_i
nidus	6	59	1357	3	nidus
ninon	5	55	1738	3	ninon
niton	5	54	1828	3	niton
nohow	11	3	729	3	nohow
now	6	59	5019	3	__now
odor	5	57	1809	3	_odor
oidia	6	3	1495	3	oidia
ordo	5	46	2235	3	ordo_
ordos	6	52	1620	3	ordos
ow	5	89	5017	3	___ow
oxbow	17	3	444	3	oxbow
picot	9	50	3101	3	picot
pilaw	10	39	1374	3	pilaw
pillow	11	31	1057	3	pillow
pilot	7	74	3506	3	pilot
pinon	7	60	2453	3	pinon
pinot	7	87	3729	3	pinot
pion	6	72	3529	3	pi_on
pirog	8	39	1367	3	pirog
piso	6	67	2756	3	piso_
pisos	7	60	2106	3	pisos
piton	7	61	2158	3	piton
pivot	10	65	2387	3	pivot
plow	9	59	2323	3	_plow
pow	8	71	4728	3	__pow
prow	9	70	3038	3	_prow
radon	6	46	2050	3	radon
redo	5	60	2936	3	redo_
redon	6	54	2488	3	redon
redos	6	51	2676	3	redos
redowa	10	3	845	3	redowa
redox	13	47	1423	3	redox
resow	8	82	1724	3	resow
rid	4	67	5462	3	rid__
ride	5	59	4512	3	rid_e
rider	6	52	3130	3	rider
rides	6	61	4081	3	rides
ridge	7	50	1866	3	ridge
ridgy	10	41	1064	3	ridgy
rids	5	65	3954	3	rid_s
rigor	6	27	1405	3	rigor
riot	4	59	4721	3	ri_ot
row	6	74	5367	3	__row
scow	9	60	2142	3	_scow
serow	8	67	2044	3	serow
shadow	13	3	725	3	shadow
show	10	62	2919	3	_show
side	5	54	4448	3	sid_e
sided	7	48	2595	3	sided
sides	6	58	3836	3	sides
sidh	8	62	2298	3	sid_h
sidhe	9	53	1510	3	sidhe
sidle	6	51	2403	3	sidle
silo	4	60	3791	3	silo_
silos	5	60	2943	3	silos
sinew	8	47	1892	3	sinew
skidoo	11	3	609	3	skidoo
slow	7	77	2949	3	_slow
snow	7	63	2479	3	_snow
sodom	8	8	1491	3	sodom
sow	6	65	5476	3	__sow
stow	7	73	2574	3	_stow
strow	8	89	2057	3	strow
sudor	6	3	1262	3	sudor
throw	11	87	1973	3	throw
tidal	6	45	1644	3	tidal
tide	5	52	3737	3	tid_e
tided	7	63	2251	3	tided
tides	6	48	3015	3	tides
tidy	8	68	2241	3	tid_y
tigon	6	39	1444	3	tigon
tiro	4	68	3236	3	tiro_
tiros	5	45	2489	3	tiros
tow	6	105	5736	3	__tow
trow	7	80	3142	3	_trow
udo	4	90	2730	3	_udo_
udon	5	60	1774	3	_udon
udos	5	66	1990	3	_udos
undo	5	56	2015	3	undo_
upbow	12	4	561	3	upbow
updo	7	67	1288	3	updo_
updos	8	38	951	3	updos
vid	7	72	4180	3	vid__
vide	8	54	3275	3	vid_e
video	9	60	1495	3	video
videos	10	49	1137	3	videos
vids	8	56	2753	3	vid_s
view	10	59	1767	3	vi_ew
vigor	9	26	1242	3	vigor
vino	7	61	2843	3	vino_
vinos	8	47	2307	3	vinos
viol	7	65	2359	3	vi_ol
visor	8	25	1283	3	visor
vizor	17	30	1009	3	vizor
vodou	9	3	934	3	vodou
vow	9	61	3631	3	__vow
vrow	10	58	1747	3	_vrow
wad	7	70	5389	3	wad__
waddy	13	53	1299	3	waddy
wade	8	52	3706	3	wad_e
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wader	9	53	2536	3	wader
wades	9	56	3414	3	wades
wadi	8	62	2817	3	wad_i
wadis	9	52	2396	3	wadis
wadmol	12	3	405	3	wadmol
wads	8	73	4314	3	wad_s
wady	11	53	2499	3	wad_y
wagon	9	43	1295	3	wagon
wahoo	11	24	1308	3	wahoo
wallow	12	39	1351	3	wallow
waw	9	70	4638	3	w__aw
wazoo	17	30	1117	3	wazoo
wed	7	58	4362	3	wed__
wedel	9	45	1395	3	wedel
wedge	10	52	1563	3	wedge
wedgy	13	47	979	3	wedgy
weds	8	66	2893	3	wed_s
weirdo	10	40	588	3	weirdo_
weirdos	11	35	512	3	weirdos
weldor	10	31	765	3	weldor
whew	13	76	1878	3	w_hew
whid	11	54	1887	3	whid__
whidah	16	3	480	3	whidah
whids	12	54	1398	3	whid_s
whilom	14	3	613	3	whilom
whitlow	16	4	285	3	whitlow
who	9	55	2677	3	w_ho_
whoa	10	66	1520	3	w_hoa
whom	12	70	1818	3	w_hom
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whoop	13	42	1144	3	whoop
whop	12	55	2092	3	w_hop
wicca	12	4	725	3	wicca
wich	12	57	2474	3	wi_ch
wick	13	57	2630	3	wi_ck
wicks	14	46	1936	3	wicks
wicopy	16	3	403	3	wicopy
widder	11	29	1397	3	widder
widdie	11	34	1073	3	widdie
widdle	11	38	1484	3	widdle
widely	13	33	1103	3	widely
widens	10	62	1272	3	widens
wideout	11	7	903	3	wideout
widest	10	45	1700	3	widest
widgeon	12	4	414	3	widgeon
widget	11	38	1525	3	widget
widish	13	41	936	3	widish
widowers	15	3	511	3	widow~~ers~~
widowing	16	3	518	3	widow~~ing~~
widths	13	3	512	3	widths
wield	9	52	1391	3	wield
wife	10	52	2802	3	wi_fe
wifed	12	51	1774	3	wifed
wifedom	16	4	355	3	wifedom
wifes	11	45	2256	3	wifes
wifey	14	49	1367	3	wifey
wifty	14	42	1209	3	wifty
wig	7	67	4038	3	wi__g
wigan	9	51	1439	3	wigan
wigeon	10	3	722	3	wigeon
wiggy	13	45	1073	3	wiggy
wight	12	37	2557	3	wight
wigs	8	49	3125	3	wi_gs
wilco	10	3	944	3	wilco
wild	8	51	2651	3	wi_ld
wilded	11	37	1450	3	wilded
wilder	10	36	1647	3	wilder
wildfowl	18	4	224	3	wildfowl
wildly	13	32	812	3	wildly
wilds	9	48	1820	3	wilds
wile	7	59	4437	3	wi_le
wiled	9	52	3155	3	wiled
wiles	8	54	3787	3	wiles
will	7	57	3751	3	wi_ll
willows	13	29	975	3	willows
willowy	16	27	635	3	willowy
wills	8	45	2896	3	wills
willy	11	53	2191	3	willy
wilt	7	62	4629	3	wi_lt
wilts	8	50	2350	3	wilts
wily	10	64	2881	3	wi_ly
wimp	11	55	2152	3	wi_mp
wimps	12	52	1380	3	wimps
wimpy	15	59	1192	3	wimpy
win	6	64	5629	3	wi__n
wince	10	52	2088	3	wince
winch	13	50	1666	3	winch
wind	8	55	3385	3	wi_nd
winded	11	49	1821	3	winded
winder	10	40	2526	3	winder
windle	10	46	1795	3	windle
windowed	16	3	557	3	windowed
windrows	15	4	616	3	windrows
winds	9	54	2560	3	winds
windup	12	3	538	3	windup
windy	12	61	1810	3	windy
wine	7	49	5342	3	wi_ne
wined	9	44	3418	3	wined
wines	8	55	4686	3	wines
winey	11	53	2543	3	winey
wing	8	63	3922	3	wi_ng
wingbow	16	4	377	3	wingbow
wings	9	57	2724	3	wings
wingy	12	65	2103	3	wingy
wink	11	64	3502	3	wi_nk
winks	12	53	2543	3	winks
winnows	13	3	453	3	winnows
winoes	9	43	1701	3	winoes
wins	7	59	4917	3	wi_ns
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wiped	11	47	2208	3	wiped
wiper	10	54	2129	3	wiper
wipes	10	48	2708	3	wipes
wire	7	58	3981	3	wi_re
wired	9	53	2764	3	wired
wirer	8	51	2495	3	wirer
wires	8	60	3491	3	wires
wirra	8	32	1082	3	wirra
wiry	10	64	2283	3	wi_ry
wis	6	65	5233	3	wi__s
wisdoms	13	3	545	3	wisdoms
wise	7	57	3734	3	wi_se
wised	9	51	2334	3	wised
wiser	8	55	2280	3	wiser
wises	8	56	3319	3	wises
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wisha	11	49	1085	3	wisha
wisp	9	71	2407	3	wi_sp
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wispy	13	72	1097	3	wispy
wiss	7	56	3054	3	wi_ss
wist	7	80	4929	3	wi_st
wists	8	67	2852	3	wists
wit	6	65	6377	3	wi__t
witan	8	38	1650	3	witan
witch	13	45	1756	3	witch
wite	7	54	4327	3	wi_te
wited	9	47	2714	3	wited
wites	8	55	3696	3	wites
with	10	57	3047	3	wi_th
withe	11	52	2023	3	withe
withy	14	48	1376	3	withy
wits	7	60	4487	3	wi_ts
wittol	9	3	592	3	wittol
witty	11	47	1701	3	witty
wive	10	59	3175	3	wi_ve
wived	12	51	2150	3	wived
wiver	11	59	2451	3	wiver
wives	11	53	2892	3	wives
wiz	15	64	3415	3	wi__z
wizen	17	58	1386	3	wizen
wizes	17	47	2334	3	wizes
wo	5	104	4776	3	w__o_
wodge	10	72	1292	3	wodge
woe	6	66	5124	3	w__oe
wog	7	62	4273	3	w__og
wok	10	63	3417	3	w__ok
won	6	62	5206	3	w__on
woo	6	69	4980	3	w__oo
wood	8	53	2938	3	w_ood
woods	9	57	2303	3	woods
woody	12	51	1688	3	woody
woof	10	65	3242	3	w_oof
wool	7	64	2737	3	w_ool
woos	7	62	3880	3	w_oos
wop	8	71	4513	3	w__op
wos	6	69	5353	3	w__os
wot	6	104	6748	3	w__ot
wows	10	46	3349	3	w__ows
wud	7	62	2715	3	wud__
yid	7	66	4082	3	yid__
yids	8	52	2495	3	yid_s
yow	9	69	4529	3	__yow

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	83667	0.106	1685764.2
2	DLD Change Limit	83667	510	3.750	22311.2
3	Display Results	510	510	0.143	3566.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	510	3.999	44683.9