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

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

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67 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
swirls	9	40	1013	(None)
skirls	10	44	982	1	skirls
swills	9	42	1336	1	swills
swirl	8	45	1414	1	swirl_
swirly	12	43	925	1	swirly
twirls	9	47	812	1	twirls
aswirl	9	3	509	2	aswirl_
birls	7	40	2316	2	_birls
dirls	6	47	2050	2	_dirls
girls	6	45	1839	2	_girls
sails	5	57	3810	2	sai_ls
shiels	9	54	1892	2	shiels
shills	9	45	1961	2	shills
shires	9	52	2557	2	shires
shirks	13	48	1412	2	shirks
shirrs	9	44	1317	2	shirrs
shirts	9	49	1834	2	shirts
shorls	9	45	1620	2	shorls
sials	5	42	2724	2	s_ials
sills	5	51	3599	2	s_ills
sires	5	59	4537	2	s_ires
sirs	4	43	3833	2	s_ir_s
skills	10	43	1392	2	skills
skirl	9	60	1291	2	skirl_
skirrs	10	44	819	2	skirrs
skirts	10	41	1150	2	skirts
smirks	12	49	1012	2	smirks
snarls	6	40	1687	2	snarls
soils	5	53	2798	2	soi_ls
spiels	8	53	1795	2	spiels
spills	8	47	1746	2	spills
spirals	9	32	1251	2	spirals
spires	8	46	2811	2	spires
spirts	8	53	1713	2	spirts
stills	6	41	1857	2	stills
stirks	10	49	1424	2	stirks
stirps	8	50	1182	2	stirps
stirs	5	59	2162	2	stir_s
swails	9	49	1312	2	swails
swards	10	54	1513	2	swards
swarfs	12	56	1206	2	swarfs
swarms	11	61	1217	2	swarms
swells	9	39	1398	2	swells
swifts	12	40	817	2	swifts
swigs	9	62	1366	2	swi_gs
swill	8	34	1737	2	swi_ll
swims	10	55	1414	2	swi_ms
swings	10	47	1445	2	swings
swinks	13	46	1065	2	swinks
swipes	11	41	1433	2	swipes
swiple	11	37	923	2	swiple
swiples	12	33	964	2	swiples
swirled	11	30	822	2	swirled
swiss	8	67	1290	2	swi_ss
swivels	13	39	677	2	swivels
swives	12	39	1518	2	swives
swords	10	45	1080	2	swords
thirls	9	50	1206	2	thirls
tirls	5	45	1980	2	_tirls
twills	9	48	979	2	twills
twirl	8	50	1194	2	twirl_
twirly	12	42	708	2	twirly
twirps	11	41	501	2	twirps
virls	8	56	1860	2	_virls
whirls	12	47	1053	2	whirls
wills	8	45	2896	2	_wills
wires	8	60	3491	2	_wires

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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	67	2.546	32423.8
3	Display Results	67	67	0.013	5153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	2.905	61511.5