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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “knottier” 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
knottier	12	20	398	(None)
knotter	11	31	764	1	knott_er
snottier	8	21	738	1	snottier
blottier	10	33	641	2	blottier
cottier	9	38	1417	2	_cottier
dottier	8	39	1092	2	_dottier
gnattier	9	3	426	2	gnattier
grottier	9	31	667	2	grottier
knitter	11	34	813	2	knitt_er
knobbier	16	5	270	2	knobbier
knotted	12	35	723	2	knott_ed
knotters	12	27	615	2	knott_ers
knottiest	13	17	456	2	knottiest
knottily	15	4	315	2	knottily
knotting	13	23	657	2	knotting
nattier	7	36	1462	2	_nattier
nettier	7	42	1181	2	_nettier
nittier	7	35	1224	2	_nittier
nuttier	7	31	1202	2	_nuttier
plottier	10	32	726	2	plottier
pottier	9	35	1649	2	_pottier
snootier	8	27	838	2	snootier
snoutier	8	20	697	2	snoutier
spottier	10	20	731	2	spottier

Search took 8 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	0.796	224486.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	7.126	16988.4
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	7.935	22519.3