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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “squares” 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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39 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
squares	16	37	1446	(None)
square	15	45	1336	1	square_
squared	17	36	1056	1	squared
squarer	16	34	1066	1	squarer
squarers	17	33	802	1	squarers
squarest	17	33	822	1	squarest
squarks	20	41	718	1	squarks
squires	16	38	1284	1	squires
equates	16	20	1232	2	equates
esquires	17	26	621	2	esquires
quaeres	16	33	1084	2	_quaeres
quakes	19	40	1334	2	_quakes
quare	14	39	2054	2	_quare_
quarks	19	38	1091	2	_quarks
quartes	16	33	1493	2	_quartes
quarts	15	47	1593	2	_quarts
quatres	16	34	1193	2	_quatres
quires	15	40	1575	2	_quires
scares	8	50	3300	2	s_cares
shares	9	52	3641	2	s_hares
snares	6	53	2903	2	s_nares
souaris	7	3	1233	2	souaris
spares	8	48	3455	2	s_pares
squabs	17	42	932	2	squa_bs
squads	16	44	1029	2	squa_ds
squalls	16	4	731	2	squalls
squarely	20	4	535	2	squarely
squarish	20	4	732	2	squarish
squark	19	43	811	2	squar_k
squashes	20	20	780	2	squashes
squats	15	37	1296	2	squa_ts
squawks	23	29	488	2	squawks
squaws	18	43	878	2	squa_ws
squire	15	59	1246	2	squire_
squired	17	37	1006	2	squired
squirms	18	37	634	2	squirms
squirts	16	34	801	2	squirts
stares	6	60	3875	2	s_tares
sucres	8	42	1889	2	s_ucres

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	39	2.920	36873.6
3	Display Results	39	39	0.016	2437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	39	3.329	53677.1