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

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

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43 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
scalding	12	33	939	(None)
scaling	10	35	1937	1	scal_ing
scalping	13	34	1045	1	scalping
scolding	12	27	891	1	scolding
balding	11	40	1506	2	_balding
calking	14	46	1778	2	_calking
calling	10	38	2677	2	_calling
calming	12	39	1597	2	_calming
calving	13	41	1350	2	_calving
carding	11	39	2243	2	_carding
escalading	14	4	357	2	escalading
salting	8	41	2079	2	s_alting
salving	11	39	1315	2	s_alving
sanding	9	35	2060	2	s_anding
scabbing	15	27	719	2	scabbing
scaldic	12	3	594	2	scaldi_c
scamming	15	32	854	2	scamming
scamping	15	35	1019	2	scamping
scanning	11	33	1077	2	scanning
scanting	11	39	1476	2	scanting
scaping	12	37	1569	2	sca_ping
scarfing	14	30	971	2	scarfing
scaring	10	34	2197	2	sca_ring
scarping	13	33	1246	2	scarping
scarring	11	25	1151	2	scarring
scarting	11	34	1526	2	scarting
scathing	14	26	970	2	scathing
scatting	11	33	1181	2	scatting
scending	12	26	1058	2	scending
scoldings	13	22	413	2	scoldings
scudding	13	3	567	2	scudding
sculking	15	30	791	2	sculking
sculling	11	29	1099	2	sculling
sculping	13	29	894	2	sculping
sealing	8	35	2856	2	seal_ing
shading	12	31	1556	2	sha_ding
spading	11	31	1438	2	spa_ding
spalling	11	32	1346	2	spalling
staling	8	39	2542	2	stal_ing
stalking	13	35	1222	2	stalking
stalling	9	51	1670	2	stalling
standing	10	34	1363	2	standing
swarding	13	5	900	2	swarding

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	43	3.406	35542.9
3	Display Results	43	43	0.013	3307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	3.812	46875.9