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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “poleax” 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
poleax	15	4	799	(None)
poleaxe	16	5	630	1	poleaxe
colead	9	41	1464	2	colead
olea	4	65	3272	2	_olea_
palea	7	50	2866	2	palea_
paleae	8	48	2029	2	paleae
paleal	8	47	1667	2	paleal
pilea	7	51	2395	2	pilea_
plea	6	68	3060	2	p_lea_
plead	8	58	1846	2	p_lead
pleas	7	56	2703	2	p_leas
pleat	7	47	3447	2	p_leat
plex	13	73	2137	2	p_le_x
polar	7	56	2345	2	pol_ar
pole	6	59	5130	2	pole__
poleaxed	18	5	482	2	poleaxed
poleaxes	17	6	727	2	poleaxes
polecat	11	3	1314	2	polecat
poled	8	49	3484	2	pole_d
poleis	8	60	1835	2	poleis
poler	7	44	3179	2	pole_r
polers	8	42	2564	2	polers
poles	7	53	5100	2	pole_s
poleyn	11	5	732	2	poleyn
polka	11	3	1041	2	polka_
polkas	12	3	910	2	polkas
pollex	15	37	1116	2	pollex

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.530	32628.9
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.889	61852.2