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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “durnedest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
durnedest	11	4	408	(None)
darnedest	11	4	525	1	darnedest
durndest	10	6	576	1	durn_dest
cursedest	12	4	534	2	cursedest
damnedest	13	4	433	2	damnedest
darndest	10	6	722	2	darn_dest
darnedests	12	4	223	2	darnedests
durneder	10	4	323	2	durnede_r
damndest	12	7	600	3	damn_dest
damnedests	14	5	159	3	damnedests
darndests	11	8	314	3	darn_dests
darneder	10	3	398	3	darnede_r
drunkest	13	3	442	3	drun_kest
duendes	9	3	819	3	duen_des_
dungiest	10	28	1074	3	du_ngiest
dunnest	8	33	1226	3	du_n_nest
durned	8	41	1317	3	durned___
ruggedest	12	4	308	3	ruggedest
tiredest	9	3	840	3	tir_edest

Search took 7 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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	19	6.486	22917.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.922	25814.9