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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cattails” 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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19 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
cattails	10	3	855	(None)
cattail	9	3	918	1	cattail_
coattails	11	4	485	1	coattails
rattails	8	3	713	1	rattails
attains	7	3	1098	2	_attains
camails	11	3	1175	2	ca_mails
cantals	9	39	1957	2	canta_ls
captains	12	18	1057	2	captains
catcalls	12	3	832	2	catcalls
catfalls	13	4	706	2	catfalls
cattalo	9	3	842	2	catta_lo
cattalos	10	3	793	2	cattalos
catties	9	40	2305	2	catt_ies
cattily	12	32	1085	2	catt_ily
coattail	10	4	531	2	coattail_
curtails	10	31	824	2	curtails
fantails	11	3	969	2	fantails
rattail	7	3	780	2	rattail_
wagtails	12	4	444	2	wagtails

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.423	35366.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.826	46704.4