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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ballades” 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
ballades	11	42	1164	(None)
ballade	10	40	1256	1	ballade_
ballads	10	42	1291	1	ballad_s
alcades	10	10	1147	2	_alcades
alludes	8	36	1033	2	_alludes
balases	9	38	1543	2	ba_lases
ballad	9	43	1532	2	ballad__
balladeer	12	4	302	2	balladeer
balladeers	13	4	252	2	balladeers
balladic	13	4	533	2	balladic
balladist	12	14	638	2	balladist
balladries	13	4	519	2	balladries
balladry	14	4	421	2	balladry
ballasts	10	3	793	2	ballasts
ballgames	14	4	357	2	ballgames
ballies	9	37	2574	2	ball_ies
ballutes	10	3	752	2	ballutes
blades	9	52	2125	2	b__lades
bullaces	12	29	943	2	bullaces
gallates	9	28	1553	2	gallates
tallages	9	23	1200	2	tallages

Search took 6 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	0.640	279204.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	4.453	27185.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	5.093	35085.6