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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “blackguarding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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45 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
blackguarding	24	6	158	(None)
blackguardism	25	7	109	2	blackguardism
blackbirding	24	5	200	3	black_birding
blackguard	20	6	245	3	blackguard___
blackguarded	23	6	153	3	blackguard_ed
blackguardisms	26	8	83	3	blackguardisms
blackguardly	25	8	108	3	blackguard_ly
blackguards	21	6	228	3	blackguard__s
backhanding	24	5	376	4	b_ack_handing
backloading	21	5	381	4	b_ackloa_ding
blackballing	23	5	206	4	black_balling
blackjacking	29	5	216	4	black_jacking
blackmailing	23	5	190	4	black_mailing
blockading	20	8	283	4	block__a_ding
bodyguarding	21	6	127	4	b_odyguarding
lifeguarding	18	6	95	4	_lifeguarding
placarding	16	4	341	4	plac___arding
safeguarding	18	6	137	4	_safeguarding
backdating	20	4	571	5	b_ack_da_ting
backfiring	22	4	380	5	b_ack_fir_ing
backgrounding	24	7	116	5	b_ackgrounding
backhauling	23	5	281	5	b_ack_hauling
backlashing	23	5	343	5	b_ack_lashing
backpacking	23	5	332	5	b_ack_packing
backslapping	25	5	208	5	b_ackslapping
backsliding	21	5	320	5	b_ack_sliding
backspacing	24	5	294	5	b_ackspa_cing
backstabbing	22	6	200	5	b_ackstabbing
backstamping	25	11	220	5	b_ackstamping
backtracking	22	5	245	5	b_acktracking
backwashing	26	5	309	5	b_ack_washing
becowarding	20	5	253	5	b_ec_owarding
blackboard	21	4	425	5	blackboard___
blackboards	22	5	383	5	blackboard__s
blackening	19	4	479	5	black___ening
blacking	17	42	1360	5	black_____ing
blacklisting	21	5	223	5	black_listing
blacksmithing	27	6	163	5	blacksmithing
blacktopping	25	5	160	5	black_topping
blockbusting	23	6	159	5	blockbu_sting
clapboarding	20	5	155	5	cla_pboarding
guarding	11	3	652	5	_____guarding
lackering	16	3	937	5	_lack__er_ing
lacquering	22	4	360	5	_lac_quer_ing
unguarding	13	4	353	5	___unguarding

Search took 9 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	45	7.703	16200.2
3	Display Results	45	45	0.033	1363.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	8.126	21990.0