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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bollards” 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
bollards	11	33	915	(None)
bollard	10	32	1050	1	bollard_
collards	11	33	1019	1	collards
pollards	11	29	952	1	pollards
ballads	10	42	1291	2	balla_ds
ballyards	15	4	499	2	ballyards
billiards	12	4	502	2	billiards
boards	9	46	1693	2	bo__ards
bombards	15	3	649	2	bombards
boyards	13	39	932	2	bo_yards
collard	10	37	1292	2	collard_
collars	9	38	1657	2	collar_s
dollars	8	33	1102	2	dollar_s
dullards	10	4	549	2	dullards
foulards	12	26	646	2	foulards
goliards	10	4	513	2	goliards
holards	11	4	843	2	ho_lards
hollands	12	24	727	2	hollands
mallards	11	3	832	2	mallards
pollard	10	35	1114	2	pollard_
poulards	11	28	823	2	poulards

Search took 4 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.546	34139.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.966	45055.7