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

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

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87 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
leashes	10	35	1440	(None)
deashes	11	33	1390	1	deashes
lashes	9	48	3100	1	l_ashes
leaches	12	33	1934	1	leaches
leases	6	54	2811	1	leas_es
leashed	11	32	1116	1	leashed
abashes	12	5	1037	2	abashes
ashes	8	62	3061	2	__ashes
bashes	11	56	3139	2	_bashes
beaches	14	41	2065	2	beaches
bleaches	15	34	1067	2	bleaches
brashes	12	45	1846	2	brashes
cashes	11	47	2988	2	_cashes
ceases	8	44	2707	2	ceas_es
clashes	12	40	1728	2	clashes
crashes	12	46	1840	2	crashes
dashes	10	61	2498	2	_dashes
deashed	12	34	1130	2	deashed
eases	5	60	4161	2	_eas_es
easies	6	41	2663	2	_easies
fashes	12	45	2402	2	_fashes
feases	9	54	2292	2	feas_es
flashes	13	39	1610	2	flashes
fleshes	13	39	1327	2	fle_shes
gashes	10	57	2515	2	_gashes
gnashes	11	41	957	2	gnashes
hashes	12	50	2480	2	_hashes
laches	11	65	2834	2	l_aches
lases	5	49	4476	2	l_as_es
lashed	10	56	2521	2	l_ashed
lasher	9	48	2453	2	l_asher
lashers	10	41	2183	2	l_ashers
lasses	6	48	2759	2	l_asses
lathes	9	51	2749	2	l_athes
lavashes	14	4	557	2	lavashes
leached	13	37	1504	2	leached
leacher	12	40	1484	2	leacher
leachers	13	37	1281	2	leachers
leagues	8	3	794	2	leagues
lease	5	52	3026	2	leas_e_
leased	7	47	2288	2	leas_ed
leaser	6	53	2267	2	leas_er
leasers	7	47	1784	2	leasers
leash	8	55	1921	2	leash__
leasts	6	46	1641	2	leas_ts
leather	10	38	1578	2	leather
leathers	11	42	1508	2	leathers
leaves	9	42	2238	2	lea_ves
leches	11	54	2131	2	le_ches
leeches	12	39	1193	2	leeches
lenses	6	46	2089	2	lens_es
leses	5	49	3081	2	le_s_es
lessees	7	35	1024	2	lessees
letches	12	40	1548	2	letches
lethes	9	48	1808	2	le_thes
loaches	12	36	1398	2	loaches
loathes	10	35	1324	2	loathes
lushes	9	40	2274	2	l_ushes
lyases	9	52	1187	2	lyas_es
mashes	11	50	3000	2	_mashes
measles	9	24	1275	2	measles
menshes	12	3	1044	2	menshes
meshes	11	50	1944	2	me_shes
pashes	11	58	2839	2	_pashes
peaches	14	41	2005	2	peaches
peases	8	52	2947	2	peas_es
plashes	12	44	1739	2	plashes
pleaches	15	32	1043	2	pleaches
pleases	9	45	1548	2	pleas_es
quashes	19	21	1097	2	quashes
rashes	9	53	3015	2	_rashes
reaches	12	34	2320	2	reaches
rehashes	14	3	695	2	rehashes
reshes	9	41	2436	2	re_shes
rewashes	14	4	703	2	rewashes
sashes	9	47	2848	2	_sashes
slashes	10	36	1910	2	slashes
smashes	12	39	1461	2	smashes
snashes	10	52	1475	2	snashes
stashes	10	39	1617	2	stashes
swashes	13	47	1440	2	swashes
teaches	12	27	1835	2	teaches
teases	6	54	2627	2	teas_es
trashes	10	41	1926	2	trashes
unleashes	12	4	512	2	unleashes
washes	12	44	2549	2	_washes
welshes	13	37	909	2	welshes

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	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	87	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	87	87	0.033	2636.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	87	3.689	48438.9