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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “liberal” 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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21 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
liberal	9	3	1019	(None)
liberals	10	3	941	1	liberals
literal	7	6	1327	1	literal
hibernal	13	4	440	2	hibernal
illiberal	11	5	298	2	illiberal
lateral	7	3	1357	2	lateral
libel	7	41	1610	2	libe__l
liber	7	47	2362	2	liber__
liberally	14	4	626	2	liberally
liberate	10	11	1338	2	liberate
libers	8	47	2144	2	liber_s
liberty	12	3	716	2	liberty
libra	7	47	1242	2	lib_ra_
librae	8	43	1017	2	lib_rae
libras	8	37	1170	2	lib_ras
lienal	6	39	1278	2	li_enal
lineal	6	56	1602	2	line_al
literals	8	3	1229	2	literals
litoral	7	6	1076	2	litoral
mineral	9	3	1273	2	mineral
puberal	11	4	777	2	puberal

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.749	47663.6