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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sirree” 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
sirree	6	40	1734	(None)
siree	5	52	3881	1	si_ree
sirrees	7	34	1057	1	sirrees
birred	9	47	1320	2	birred
hiree	8	54	2780	2	hi_ree
saree	5	50	4466	2	s_aree
scree	7	200	3171	2	s_cree
shirred	11	37	1050	2	shirred
sickee	12	46	2222	2	sickee
signee	7	36	1723	2	signee
sire	4	61	5041	2	si_r_e
sired	6	61	3428	2	si_red
sirees	6	46	2458	2	sirees
siren	5	45	2582	2	si_ren
sires	5	59	4537	2	si_res
sirra	5	44	1632	2	sirr_a
sirrah	9	37	975	2	sirrah
sirras	6	38	1486	2	sirras
skirred	12	34	708	2	skirred
skirret	11	27	817	2	skirret
soiree	6	29	1948	2	soiree
sorrel	6	4	1355	2	sorrel
spree	7	48	3086	2	s_pree
stirred	8	35	970	2	stirred
stirrer	7	33	823	2	stirrer
surrey	9	44	1458	2	surrey
yirred	10	42	696	2	yirred

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.516	32810.4
3	Display Results	27	27	0.013	2076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.952	60532.2