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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
candidacy	18	5	236	(None)
candida	11	41	1025	2	candida__
candidal	12	36	773	2	candida_l
candidas	12	33	864	2	candida_s
candidate	13	5	666	2	candidate
candidly	15	4	521	2	candid_ly
animacy	14	4	610	3	_an_imacy
candid	10	45	1785	3	candid___
candidacies	17	5	270	3	candidacies
candidates	14	4	630	3	candidates
candider	12	3	734	3	candid_er
candidest	13	4	653	3	candidest
candids	11	38	1269	3	candid__s
cardiac	12	7	881	3	cardi_ac_
cardiacs	13	7	691	3	cardi_acs
noncandidacy	21	6	139	3	~~non~~candidacy

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	7.690	19329.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	8.139	21954.9