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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “areolas” 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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24 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
areolas	7	10	1387	(None)
areola	6	8	1367	1	areola_
areolae	7	8	1173	1	areolae
areolar	7	7	922	1	areolar
areoles	7	10	1695	1	areoles
aureolas	8	4	686	1	aureolas
acerolas	10	4	805	2	acerolas
akelas	10	3	1119	2	ake_las
areas	5	59	3579	2	are__as
arecas	8	48	1745	2	are_cas
arenas	6	50	2201	2	are_nas
areolate	8	10	1446	2	areolate
areole	6	10	1728	2	areol_e
arepas	8	55	1571	2	are_pas
argalas	8	40	1109	2	argalas
argols	7	45	1461	2	argol_s
aromas	8	10	1862	2	ar_omas
arrobas	9	6	921	2	arrobas
arugolas	9	4	440	2	arugolas
aureola	7	4	703	2	aureola_
aureolae	8	4	531	2	aureolae
aureoles	8	3	828	2	aureoles
creoles	9	9	1332	2	creoles
variolas	11	6	854	2	variolas

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.436	31336.1
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.828	46680.0