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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “adieu” 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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29 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
adieu	6	4	1742	(None)
adieus	7	3	963	1	adieus
adieux	14	4	428	1	adieux
added	8	49	1843	2	added
adder	7	54	1959	2	adder
adeem	8	3	1180	2	adeem
adios	6	58	2286	2	adios
adit	5	64	4365	2	adi_t
adits	6	65	2371	2	adits
admen	8	45	1618	2	admen
adze	14	128	2057	2	adze_
adzed	16	60	1254	2	adzed
adzes	15	59	1380	2	adzes
aide	5	60	4499	2	aide_
aided	7	58	2893	2	aided
aider	6	54	3113	2	aider
aides	6	53	3660	2	aides
alien	5	64	2558	2	alien
amie	6	63	3985	2	amie_
amies	7	68	3769	2	amies
ariel	5	52	2897	2	ariel
die	4	67	5965	2	_die_
died	6	61	3785	2	_died
diel	5	90	3460	2	_diel
dies	5	56	5352	2	_dies
diet	5	73	5753	2	_diet
ladies	7	51	2488	2	ladies
lieu	4	65	3436	2	_lieu
wadies	10	51	2120	2	wadies

Search took 2 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	53800	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	29	1.623	33148.5
3	Display Results	29	29	0.016	1812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	29	1.732	103170.3