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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thickest” 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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21 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
thickest	17	33	730	(None)
thicket	16	32	1307	1	thicke_t
thickets	17	28	708	1	thickets
thickset	17	25	713	1	thickset
chicest	14	20	994	2	chic_est
chirkest	17	3	538	2	chirkest
quickest	23	4	534	2	quickest
sickest	13	18	1379	2	_sickest
slickest	14	22	925	2	slickest
thicken	16	31	787	2	thicke_n
thickens	17	26	641	2	thickens
thicker	16	36	1102	2	thicke_r
thickety	20	27	410	2	thickety
thickish	20	4	460	2	thickish
thickness	18	4	444	2	thickness
thicks	15	45	1199	2	thick_s_
thicksets	18	26	373	2	thicksets
thinnest	11	24	889	2	thinnest
ticket	12	45	2485	2	t_icke_t
tickets	13	41	1368	2	t_ickets
trickiest	15	4	902	2	trickiest

Search took 5 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	21	3.690	32807.3
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.080	43796.8