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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “varooms” 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
varooms	12	4	888	(None)
varoom	11	4	1141	1	varoom_
vrooms	11	39	871	1	v_rooms
barrooms	12	3	789	2	barrooms
bazooms	20	28	538	2	bazooms
brooms	10	49	1587	2	_brooms
caroms	10	56	1957	2	car_oms
carroms	11	5	1240	2	carroms
dayrooms	14	4	434	2	dayrooms
grooms	9	45	1252	2	_grooms
karoos	10	24	1580	2	karoo_s
maroons	9	26	1555	2	maroons
rooms	7	53	2468	2	__rooms
taprooms	12	4	666	2	taprooms
tearooms	10	4	784	2	tearooms
various	10	31	1310	2	various
varoomed	14	4	529	2	varoomed
vroom	10	53	1247	2	v_room_

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	2.813	38276.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.969	60185.6