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

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

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85 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
spiky	14	60	1411	(None)
spicy	12	54	1771	1	spicy
spik	10	54	1971	1	spik_
spike	11	49	2284	1	spike
spikey	15	54	1133	1	spikey
spiks	11	41	1747	1	spiks
spiny	10	49	2130	1	spiny
spiry	10	50	1735	1	spiry
picky	16	54	1694	2	_picky
pika	10	63	2295	2	_pika
pike	10	63	3521	2	_pike
piki	10	65	2056	2	_piki
pily	9	61	3273	2	_pily
pinky	14	58	2340	2	_pinky
piny	9	118	3835	2	_piny
pipy	11	54	2151	2	_pipy
pity	9	60	3193	2	_pity
pixy	16	61	1776	2	_pixy
poky	13	59	2215	2	_poky
sarky	12	55	2178	2	sarky
shaky	15	46	1684	2	shaky
shily	11	52	2201	2	shily
shiny	11	51	2214	2	shiny
sika	8	60	2132	2	s_ika
sike	8	71	3878	2	s_ike
silky	12	53	1582	2	silky
sizy	16	48	1639	2	s_izy
skiey	12	50	1289	2	skiey
sky	10	64	2099	2	s__ky
slily	8	58	2003	2	slily
slimy	10	54	1742	2	slimy
slinky	13	39	910	2	slinky
smirky	15	40	694	2	smirky
smoky	14	38	868	2	smoky
snaky	12	51	1391	2	snaky
spacy	12	54	1562	2	spacy
spake	11	43	2274	2	spake
sparky	15	45	1152	2	sparky
spay	9	66	3166	2	sp_ay
spic	8	52	2743	2	spi_c
spica	9	47	1794	2	spica
spice	9	55	2881	2	spice
spicey	13	44	1423	2	spicey
spick	13	45	1907	2	spick
spicks	14	48	1499	2	spicks
spics	9	41	2324	2	spics
spied	8	54	2771	2	spied
spiel	7	46	2391	2	spiel
spier	7	57	2803	2	spier
spies	7	60	3762	2	spies
spiff	13	36	1640	2	spiff
spiffy	17	32	622	2	spiffy
spiked	13	49	1555	2	spiked
spiker	12	43	1566	2	spiker
spikes	12	45	2071	2	spikes
spikily	16	3	587	2	spikily
spile	7	52	3008	2	spile
spill	7	48	2116	2	spill
spilt	7	55	3222	2	spilt
spin	6	62	3130	2	spi_n
spine	7	65	3442	2	spine
spinny	11	45	1018	2	spinny
spins	7	53	2798	2	spins
spire	7	58	2869	2	spire
spirt	7	50	3295	2	spirt
spit	6	55	4508	2	spi_t
spite	7	54	3066	2	spite
spits	7	44	2955	2	spits
spitz	16	60	1797	2	spitz
spiv	9	59	1779	2	spi_v
spivs	10	51	1424	2	spivs
spivvy	17	3	321	2	spivvy
splay	10	58	1604	2	splay
spoke	11	48	1866	2	spoke
spooky	15	41	809	2	spooky
spray	10	67	2006	2	spray
spry	9	68	1912	2	sp_ry
spumy	12	46	1036	2	spumy
spunky	15	42	716	2	spunky
spy	8	60	2374	2	sp__y
sticky	15	47	1134	2	sticky
stimy	10	51	1474	2	stimy
stinky	13	46	1107	2	stinky
sucky	14	44	1550	2	sucky
sulky	12	47	1536	2	sulky

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	53800	0.310	576422.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	85	1.720	31279.1
3	Display Results	85	85	0.030	2833.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	85	2.060	86743.2