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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “straggly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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93 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
straggly	13	35	556	(None)
scraggly	15	29	414	1	scraggly
straggle	10	35	913	1	straggle
scraggily	16	4	266	2	scraggily
scraggy	14	30	458	2	scragg_y
staggy	11	55	1039	2	st_agg_y
stagily	11	3	905	2	st_agily
straggled	12	29	685	2	straggled
straggler	11	37	729	2	straggler
straggles	11	32	850	2	straggles
straitly	11	3	656	2	straitly
strangely	13	4	541	2	strangely
strangle	9	84	1150	2	strangle
strongly	12	4	595	2	strongly
struggle	10	34	505	2	struggle
astragal	9	4	562	3	astragal_
astragali	10	5	328	3	astragali
astragals	10	4	420	3	astragals
astrally	11	4	888	3	astra_lly
braggy	13	33	717	3	_bragg_y
craggily	15	4	370	3	_craggily
craggy	13	39	660	3	_cragg_y
draggle	10	5	610	3	_draggle
draggy	12	34	682	3	_dragg_y
raggle	8	37	1288	3	__raggle
raggy	10	61	1657	3	__ragg_y
sagely	10	28	1138	3	s__agely
saggy	10	59	1746	3	s__agg_y
savagely	15	4	334	3	savagely
scrabbly	17	16	462	3	scrabbly
scragged	13	3	582	3	scragged
scrawly	15	19	719	3	scra_wly
scroggy	14	24	384	3	scrogg_y
shaggily	16	4	377	3	s_haggily
shaggy	14	47	804	3	s_hagg_y
slaggy	11	43	879	3	s_lagg_y
snaggy	11	48	805	3	s_nagg_y
spangly	13	3	647	3	s_pangly
sprawly	15	16	604	3	spra_wly
spriggy	14	37	421	3	sprigg_y
squiggly	22	4	250	3	squiggly
stably	11	33	1412	3	st_a_bly
stagey	10	59	1558	3	st_a_gey
stagged	10	42	1208	3	st_agged
stagger	9	42	1239	3	st_agger
staggery	13	34	624	3	st_aggery
staggie	9	13	846	3	st_aggie
stagy	9	66	1889	3	st_a_g_y
staidly	11	3	668	3	st_aidly
stalely	10	3	921	3	st_alely
staringly	13	3	797	3	staringly
starkly	14	27	703	3	st_arkly
stately	10	3	1022	3	st_ately
steadily	12	3	621	3	steadily
steamily	13	3	580	3	steamily
stingily	12	3	679	3	stingily
stodgily	13	4	390	3	stodgily
straddle	10	18	622	3	straddle
stragglers	12	30	525	3	stragglers
stragglier	12	4	350	3	stragglier
straggling	13	4	430	3	straggling
straight	12	4	918	3	straight
straightly	17	5	311	3	straightly
stramony	13	4	493	3	stramony
strang	7	57	1831	3	strang__
strange	8	54	1634	3	strang_e
stranger	9	47	1510	3	stranger
stranges	9	45	1676	3	stranges
strangled	11	26	898	3	strangled
strangler	10	36	947	3	strangler
strangles	10	30	1155	3	strangles
strangury	13	4	320	3	strangury
strappy	14	20	526	3	stra_ppy
stratal	7	27	1060	3	stratal_
strategy	12	4	436	3	strategy
stratify	14	4	570	3	stratify
strawy	12	103	1282	3	stra__wy
stray	8	85	2557	3	stra___y
streakily	16	4	367	3	streakily
strictly	13	4	581	3	strictly
strigil	8	3	726	3	strigil_
strigils	9	4	685	3	strigils
stringily	13	4	600	3	stringily
stringy	11	41	1107	3	string_y
strongyl	12	4	355	3	strongyl
struggled	12	30	430	3	struggled
struggler	11	26	455	3	struggler
struggles	11	25	528	3	struggles
tangly	10	44	1391	3	_t_angly
tragedy	12	3	479	3	_tragedy
trigly	10	38	1094	3	_tr_igly
waggly	14	34	729	3	__waggly
wriggly	15	32	489	3	_wriggly

Search took 8 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	93	7.420	19698.4
3	Display Results	93	93	0.033	2818.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	93	7.876	22688.0