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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cardinal” 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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21 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
cardinal	11	3	956	(None)
cardinals	12	4	799	1	cardinals
carinal	9	43	1823	1	car_inal
candidal	12	36	773	2	candidal
carbinol	12	4	577	2	carbinol
cardia	9	9	1637	2	cardi_a_
cardiac	12	7	881	2	cardi_ac
cardiae	10	7	1370	2	cardi_ae
cardias	10	7	1511	2	cardi_as
cardigan	12	4	561	2	cardigan
cardinally	16	4	539	2	cardinally
carding	11	39	2243	2	cardin_g
cardings	12	38	1263	2	cardings
carina	8	43	2532	2	car_ina_
carinae	9	43	1858	2	car_inae
carinas	9	36	2240	2	car_inas
carnal	8	39	1920	2	car__nal
carnival	13	4	561	2	carnival
cordial	10	3	1294	2	cordi_al
marginal	11	3	760	2	marginal
ordinal	8	3	863	2	_ordinal

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.326	36397.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.732	47880.8