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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “guavas” 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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27 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
guavas	10	3	715	(None)
guava	9	3	858	1	guava_
bravas	11	49	1332	2	bravas
favas	11	56	1859	2	_favas
galas	6	57	3164	2	g_alas
gamas	8	54	3135	2	g_amas
gramas	9	43	1720	2	gramas
graves	10	46	2400	2	graves
guacos	9	44	1031	2	guacos
guaiac	9	4	615	2	guaiac
guaiacs	10	5	435	2	guaiacs
guanase	8	3	621	2	guanase
guanay	10	3	791	2	guanay
guanays	11	3	495	2	guanays
guanos	7	38	1199	2	guanos
guans	6	44	1944	2	gua_ns
guards	8	46	1156	2	guards
guars	6	50	2104	2	gua_rs
gummas	11	48	1051	2	gummas
guvs	8	58	1681	2	gu_v_s
iguanas	8	3	537	2	iguanas
javas	15	59	1542	2	_javas
kavas	12	59	1995	2	_kavas
lavas	8	54	2222	2	_lavas
ruanas	6	3	1126	2	ruanas
ulvas	8	45	1150	2	_ulvas
vulvas	12	38	884	2	vulvas

Search took 3 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	82551	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.530	32628.9
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.640	67686.0