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

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

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59 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
skelps	12	40	792	(None)
kelps	11	51	1642	1	_kelps
skells	10	50	1378	1	skells
skelms	12	36	802	1	skelms
skelp	11	42	1142	1	skelp_
skeps	11	56	1425	1	ske_ps
akelas	10	3	1119	2	akelas
helps	10	52	1934	2	_helps
keeps	11	60	2028	2	_keeps
keleps	12	47	881	2	_keleps
kelp	10	53	2280	2	_kelp_
kelpy	14	51	1068	2	_kelpy
kelts	9	52	2263	2	_kelts
kemps	13	50	1252	2	_kemps
keps	10	60	2730	2	_ke_ps
saleps	8	50	1490	2	saleps
salps	7	44	2324	2	s_alps
scalps	10	43	1523	2	scalps
sculps	10	46	1175	2	sculps
seels	5	56	3282	2	seel_s
seeps	7	48	2875	2	s_eeps
selfs	8	52	2024	2	s_elfs
sells	5	51	3443	2	s_ells
sels	4	63	4598	2	s_el_s
shells	9	43	1952	2	shells
shleps	11	47	1033	2	shleps
skalds	11	43	783	2	skalds
skeans	10	45	1291	2	skeans
skeens	10	39	1291	2	skeens
skees	9	50	2312	2	ske_es
skeets	10	45	1325	2	skeets
skegs	10	50	1123	2	ske_gs
skeins	10	39	1190	2	skeins
skell	9	49	1583	2	skel_l
skelm	11	42	1129	2	skel_m
skelped	14	3	520	2	skelped
skelpit	13	4	494	2	skelpit
skenes	10	46	1663	2	skenes
skep	10	52	1935	2	ske_p_
skews	12	54	1380	2	ske_ws
skills	10	43	1392	2	skills
skimps	14	48	804	2	skimps
skips	11	56	1660	2	sk_ips
skulks	9	42	724	2	skulks
skulls	10	42	964	2	skulls
sleeps	8	39	1332	2	sleeps
smells	8	39	1474	2	smells
smelts	8	54	1277	2	smelts
sneaps	8	45	1086	2	sneaps
snells	6	46	1420	2	snells
spells	8	46	1768	2	spells
spelts	8	46	1464	2	spelts
steeps	8	52	1519	2	steeps
steles	6	37	2566	2	steles
steps	7	66	1988	2	ste_ps
sweeps	11	41	1051	2	sweeps
swells	9	39	1398	2	swells
whelps	14	43	784	2	whelps
yelps	10	57	1299	2	_yelps

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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	59	2.233	36968.7
3	Display Results	59	59	0.016	3687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	2.579	69286.9