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

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

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80 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
yawned	13	50	984	(None)
awned	9	66	1595	1	_awned
dawned	11	39	1209	1	dawned
fawned	13	49	1042	1	fawned
pawned	12	45	1328	1	pawned
yarned	10	55	1402	1	yarned
yawed	12	60	2245	1	yaw_ed
yawled	13	45	998	1	yawled
yawner	12	42	847	1	yawner
yawped	15	52	810	1	yawped
acned	8	75	2067	2	_acned
awed	8	84	3603	2	_aw_ed
baned	8	54	3635	2	ba_ned
banned	9	47	2134	2	banned
barned	9	56	2358	2	barned
bawled	12	44	1569	2	bawled
caned	8	58	3809	2	ca_ned
canned	9	50	2206	2	canned
cawed	11	66	2706	2	caw_ed
damned	10	42	1291	2	damned
darned	8	50	1848	2	darned
dawed	10	62	2281	2	daw_ed
dawted	11	48	968	2	dawted
downed	11	53	1478	2	downed
earned	7	48	1833	2	earned
fanned	10	41	1747	2	fanned
fawner	12	59	1046	2	fawner
gained	8	46	1746	2	gained
gawked	15	46	876	2	gawked
gawped	13	50	907	2	gawped
gowned	11	44	1013	2	gowned
hawed	12	60	2542	2	haw_ed
hawked	17	47	1267	2	hawked
jawed	16	55	1737	2	jaw_ed
lawed	9	60	2832	2	law_ed
maned	8	66	3410	2	ma_ned
manned	9	44	1864	2	manned
mawed	11	58	2474	2	maw_ed
owned	9	51	1323	2	_owned
pained	9	56	2285	2	pained
paned	8	54	3718	2	pa_ned
panned	9	41	2343	2	panned
pawed	11	57	2561	2	paw_ed
pawnee	11	31	1540	2	pawnee
pawner	11	42	1292	2	pawner
prawned	13	4	674	2	prawned
rained	7	50	2460	2	rained
sained	7	54	2424	2	sained
saned	6	56	3627	2	sa_ned
sawed	9	56	2840	2	saw_ed
sawney	12	38	760	2	sawney
spawned	13	31	680	2	spawned
tanned	7	52	1995	2	tanned
tawed	9	59	2619	2	taw_ed
tawney	12	33	823	2	tawney
tawsed	10	49	974	2	tawsed
vaned	9	46	2242	2	va_ned
vanned	10	46	1448	2	vanned
waned	9	58	3178	2	wa_ned
wanned	10	43	1801	2	wanned
warned	10	40	1891	2	warned
wawled	13	38	1170	2	wawled
yacked	16	45	1679	2	yacked
yaffed	16	45	732	2	yaffed
yakked	13	36	609	2	yakked
yanked	14	43	1224	2	yanked
yapped	14	44	1514	2	yapped
yarded	11	47	1402	2	yarded
yarner	9	33	1306	2	yarner
yauped	12	40	833	2	yauped
yawey	14	45	827	2	yaw_ey
yawn	10	62	1909	2	yawn__
yawners	13	36	718	2	yawners
yawns	11	42	1327	2	yawn_s
yawper	14	43	795	2	yawper
yeaned	10	38	1390	2	yeaned
yearned	11	32	737	2	yearned
yenned	10	40	938	2	yenned
yowed	12	530	2518	2	yow_ed
yowled	13	38	1109	2	yowled

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	80	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	80	80	0.016	5000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	2.765	64626.0