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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stowages” 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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18 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
stowages	12	3	647	(None)
storages	9	3	1110	1	storages
stowage	11	3	670	1	stowage_
towages	11	3	923	1	_towages
cowages	13	3	1094	2	_cowages
flowages	15	3	573	2	flowages
sewages	11	3	975	2	s_ewages
socages	10	10	1205	2	s_ocages
stages	7	56	2949	2	st__ages
stockages	16	4	492	2	stockages
stodges	9	30	908	2	sto_dges
stomates	10	3	1334	2	stomates
stooges	8	36	1148	2	sto_oges
stoppages	14	4	469	2	stoppages
storage	8	3	1047	2	storage_
storaxes	15	3	688	2	storaxes
swages	10	44	1707	2	s__wages
towage	10	3	983	2	_towage_

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.203	37795.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.609	49512.6