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

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

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
yellowfin	18	5	190	(None)
yellowfins	19	5	192	1	yellowfins
yellowing	16	5	507	2	yellow_ing
bellowing	15	4	719	3	bellow_ing
celloidin	12	5	364	3	celloidin
fellowing	16	5	592	3	fellow_ing
fellowman	17	5	221	3	fellowman
fellowmen	17	4	292	3	fellowmen
mellowing	15	4	589	3	mellow_ing
yellow	12	42	988	3	yellow___
yellowed	15	18	574	3	yellow_ed
yellower	14	18	621	3	yellow_er
yellowest	15	5	401	3	yellowest
yellowish	18	4	332	3	yellowish
yellowly	17	28	362	3	yellow_ly
yellows	13	32	960	3	yellow__s
yellowtail	16	6	140	3	yellowtail
yellowy	16	25	569	3	yellow__y

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.423	23142.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.843	26113.0