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

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

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90 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
vaguely	14	4	369	(None)
maguey	12	3	683	2	mague_y
sagely	10	28	1138	2	sag_ely
vagally	14	3	583	2	vagally
vague	9	65	1311	2	vague__
vaguer	10	44	844	2	vague_r
vaguest	11	3	733	2	vaguest
acutely	12	4	612	3	_acutely
agedly	11	3	646	3	_agedly
agilely	11	3	512	3	_agilely
agley	9	69	1733	3	_agle_y
agly	8	68	2180	3	_ag__ly
ague	5	57	2592	3	_ague__
agues	6	49	1905	3	_ague_s
bagel	8	51	1679	3	bag_el_
bagels	9	57	1231	3	bag_els
baggily	14	3	604	3	baggily
baguet	9	3	1610	3	bague_t
baguets	10	3	748	3	baguets
barely	11	47	1679	3	ba_rely
basely	11	44	1231	3	ba_sely
bluely	11	33	1008	3	_bluely
bogusly	13	4	389	3	bogusly
cagey	11	59	1782	3	cag_e_y
cagily	12	4	1156	3	cag_ily
eagerly	11	3	605	3	eagerly
falsely	13	3	601	3	falsely
gamely	12	47	1191	3	ga_mely
gully	9	40	2068	3	__gully
hugely	13	3	680	3	hug_ely
jaggedly	21	22	294	3	jaggedly
jaggery	19	33	690	3	jaggery
lamely	11	40	1322	3	la_mely
lanely	9	39	1448	3	la_nely
largely	11	3	670	3	largely
lately	9	34	1384	3	la_tely
magueys	13	3	394	3	magueys
maturely	13	4	489	3	maturely
meagrely	14	4	301	3	meagrely
naively	13	3	590	3	naively
namely	11	37	1132	3	na_mely
opaquely	22	4	150	3	opaquely
ovately	13	3	443	3	ova_tely
palely	11	3	1193	3	pa_lely
plaguey	13	33	594	3	plague_y
plaguily	14	4	351	3	plaguily
raggedly	14	28	431	3	raggedly
raggedy	13	33	466	3	raggedy
rarely	9	35	1365	3	ra_rely
roguery	11	3	489	3	roguery
safely	12	24	939	3	sa_fely
sanely	9	31	1461	3	sa_nely
savagely	15	4	334	3	savag_ely
tamely	11	37	1195	3	ta_mely
tautly	9	49	950	3	ta_utly
vacuity	15	4	576	3	vacuity
vacuole	12	4	537	3	vacuole
vagal	9	46	1363	3	vag_al_
vagary	13	3	733	3	vag_ary
vagile	10	3	1054	3	vag_ile
vagus	9	67	1381	3	vagu__s
vainly	12	5	850	3	va_inly
vakeel	13	3	519	3	vakeel_
vakeels	14	11	373	3	vakeels
validly	14	3	557	3	validly
valley	12	43	1160	3	valle_y
valuably	16	4	471	3	valuably
value	8	57	1909	3	value__
valued	10	40	1115	3	value_d
valuer	9	39	1144	3	value_r
valuers	10	32	894	3	valuers
values	9	43	1494	3	value_s
vapidly	16	3	506	3	vapidly
vaquero	19	4	264	3	vaquero
variedly	15	4	475	3	variedly
variety	13	3	774	3	variety
vastly	12	50	872	3	va_stly
vault	8	58	2376	3	va_u_lt
vaulty	12	38	844	3	va_ulty
vaunty	12	40	906	3	va_unty
vilely	12	3	944	3	v_ilely
vogue	9	56	1304	3	vogue__
vogued	11	45	763	3	vogue_d
voguer	10	46	840	3	vogue_r
voguers	11	35	669	3	voguers
vogues	10	40	1192	3	vogue_s
volubly	15	4	355	3	volubly
waggery	15	27	690	3	waggery
waggly	14	34	729	3	wag_gly
yarely	12	28	1030	3	ya_rely

Search took 7 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	134027	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	90	5.736	23365.9
3	Display Results	90	90	0.030	3000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	90	6.156	29027.1