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

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

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90 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
spanked	14	31	1173	(None)
shanked	15	32	1212	1	shanked
skanked	11	33	810	1	skanked
spanker	13	36	1235	1	spanker
spanned	10	41	1122	1	spanned
sparked	14	35	1314	1	sparked
spunked	14	30	778	1	spunked
swanked	15	35	954	1	swanked
banked	13	50	2144	2	_banked
blanked	14	40	1122	2	blanked
clanked	14	38	1225	2	clanked
cranked	14	38	1284	2	cranked
flanked	15	37	1064	2	flanked
franked	15	36	1005	2	franked
hanked	14	42	2060	2	_hanked
packed	15	48	2260	2	_packed
paiked	13	51	1343	2	_paiked
paned	8	54	3718	2	_pan_ed
panged	10	47	2233	2	_panged
panned	9	41	2343	2	_panned
panted	9	50	2482	2	_panted
parked	13	44	2514	2	_parked
pinked	13	48	1988	2	_pinked
planked	14	35	1228	2	planked
pranked	14	37	1209	2	pranked
ranked	11	46	2074	2	_ranked
sacked	13	55	2521	2	s_acked
sanded	8	49	2061	2	s_anded
saned	6	56	3627	2	s_an_ed
scanned	10	41	1089	2	scanned
scanted	10	41	1439	2	scanted
shacked	17	40	1539	2	shacked
sharked	15	36	1391	2	sharked
skanker	10	26	848	2	skanker
skinked	11	33	901	2	skinked
skunked	11	31	619	2	skunked
slacked	14	38	1545	2	slacked
slaked	11	43	1827	2	sla_ked
slanged	9	41	1285	2	slanged
slanted	8	35	1474	2	slanted
slinked	12	30	1138	2	slinked
smacked	16	37	1099	2	smacked
snacked	14	40	1311	2	snacked
snaked	11	50	1759	2	sna_ked
soaked	11	47	1759	2	soa_ked
spaced	11	45	1725	2	spa_ced
spackled	17	29	780	2	spackled
spaded	10	38	1675	2	spa_ded
spaed	8	55	2227	2	spa__ed
spake	11	43	2274	2	spa_ke_
spalled	10	31	1313	2	spalled
spammed	14	34	852	2	spammed
spancel	11	4	736	2	spancel
spandex	17	3	583	2	spandex
spangled	12	3	615	2	spangled
spaniel	9	4	892	2	spaniel
spank	11	59	1957	2	spank__
spankers	14	36	986	2	spankers
spanks	12	45	1412	2	spank_s
spanner	9	43	1256	2	spanner
spared	9	54	2749	2	spa_red
sparged	11	35	1276	2	sparged
sparker	13	39	1436	2	sparker
sparkled	15	31	773	2	sparkled
sparred	10	45	1286	2	sparred
spasmed	12	29	699	2	spasmed
spathed	13	40	1318	2	spathed
spatted	10	40	1414	2	spatted
spawned	13	31	680	2	spawned
spayed	12	42	1361	2	spa_yed
speaned	10	34	1152	2	spean_ed
specked	16	32	901	2	specked
spiked	13	49	1555	2	sp_iked
spined	9	54	2394	2	spin_ed
spoked	13	44	1389	2	sp_oked
sponged	11	3	795	2	sponged
spooked	14	45	1047	2	spooked
stacked	14	34	1612	2	stacked
staked	11	46	2194	2	sta_ked
stalked	12	38	1117	2	stalked
staned	7	48	2464	2	stan_ed
stanged	9	41	1384	2	stanged
swacked	17	31	1052	2	swacked
swanker	14	36	948	2	swanker
swanned	11	35	817	2	swanned
swinked	15	34	903	2	swinked
tanked	11	39	1929	2	_tanked
thanked	15	46	915	2	thanked
wanked	14	45	1715	2	_wanked
yanked	14	43	1224	2	_yanked

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	90	3.280	32826.5
3	Display Results	90	90	0.033	2727.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	90	3.719	48048.1