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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “anneals” 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
anneals	7	44	994	(None)
annals	6	64	1592	1	ann_als
anneal	6	48	1229	1	anneal_
annuals	7	38	819	1	annuals
anears	6	37	1718	2	a_nears
angels	7	44	1617	2	ange_ls
animals	9	41	1170	2	animals
annal	5	65	2076	2	ann_al_
annas	5	58	2488	2	ann_a_s
annealed	9	3	634	2	annealed
annealer	8	4	550	2	annealer
annealers	9	4	456	2	annealers
annexes	14	3	720	2	annexes
annual	6	47	1070	2	annual_
annuls	6	47	1173	2	ann_uls
apneal	8	34	1112	2	apneal_
apneas	8	32	1138	2	apnea_s
appeals	11	37	867	2	appeals
cannels	9	34	1336	2	canne_ls
enneads	8	3	473	2	enneads
pineals	9	32	1284	2	pineals
unseals	7	32	1258	2	unseals

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	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.356	32083.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.732	47880.8