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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “laniards” 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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17 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
laniards	9	6	731	(None)
laniard	8	6	852	1	laniard_
lanyards	12	6	639	1	lanyards
canards	10	3	1120	2	can_ards
flancards	15	4	318	2	flancards
laggards	11	30	705	2	laggards
lairds	7	47	1161	2	la_i_rds
landwards	14	4	550	2	landwards
laniaries	9	4	1121	2	laniaries
laniary	10	6	801	2	laniar_y
lanyard	11	6	729	2	lanyard_
liards	7	52	1261	2	l__iards
mansards	11	4	801	2	mansards
manwards	14	4	761	2	manwards
poniards	11	4	582	2	poniards
tankards	13	6	625	2	tankards
tanyards	12	7	618	2	tanyards

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	121059	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	5.873	20612.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.032	29623.8