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

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

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68 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
chaired	13	42	1124	(None)
chained	13	38	1269	1	chained
chared	12	54	2369	1	cha_red
charred	13	46	1448	1	charred
choired	13	34	934	1	choired
haired	10	51	1717	1	_haired
aired	6	60	3292	2	__aired
caird	8	57	1723	2	c_air_d
cairned	10	3	764	2	c_airned
cared	8	60	5009	2	c_a_red
caried	9	45	2869	2	c_aried
chafed	15	48	1391	2	cha_fed
chaffed	19	38	770	2	chaffed
chaine	11	51	1922	2	chaine_
chaines	12	45	1873	2	chaines
chair	10	55	1963	2	chair__
chairmen	15	10	547	2	chairmen
chairs	11	49	1617	2	chair_s
chaise	11	49	1641	2	chaise_
chaises	12	43	1749	2	chaises
chaliced	16	3	704	2	chaliced
chalked	17	44	986	2	chalked
champed	17	41	1147	2	champed
chanced	15	41	1321	2	chanced
changed	14	42	1414	2	changed
chanted	13	40	1595	2	chanted
chapped	17	27	1144	2	chapped
chard	11	61	2474	2	cha_r_d
chare	10	52	3198	2	cha_re_
chares	11	56	3180	2	cha_res
charged	14	46	1402	2	charged
charier	12	43	1790	2	charier
charked	17	48	1401	2	charked
charmed	15	47	1424	2	charmed
charted	13	51	1685	2	charted
chased	12	50	1929	2	cha_sed
chasmed	15	47	1017	2	chasmed
chassed	13	47	1213	2	chassed
chatted	13	34	1189	2	chatted
chawed	15	52	1460	2	cha_wed
cheered	13	37	1329	2	cheered
chided	13	51	1396	2	ch_ided
chimed	14	58	1483	2	ch_imed
chined	12	56	2006	2	ch_ined
chirked	17	38	1033	2	ch_irked
chirmed	15	37	973	2	ch_irmed
chirped	15	37	978	2	ch_irped
chirred	13	36	1212	2	chirred
chored	12	53	2188	2	ch_ored
churred	13	40	917	2	churred
claimed	12	29	883	2	claimed
cochaired	17	4	388	2	cochaired
deaired	9	4	1153	2	deaired
faired	10	59	1577	2	_faired
glaired	9	38	774	2	glaired
hailed	10	41	2274	2	_hailed
hared	9	57	4218	2	_ha_red
hatred	10	48	1433	2	_hatred
heired	10	38	1304	2	_heired
hired	9	52	2626	2	_h_ired
laired	7	52	1681	2	_laired
paired	9	50	1752	2	_paired
shaird	10	28	870	2	shair_d
shared	10	58	2906	2	sha_red
unaired	8	29	1601	2	unaired
unchaired	15	3	620	2	unchaired
unhaired	12	23	876	2	unhaired
waired	10	60	1583	2	_waired

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	107671	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	68	5.203	20694.0
3	Display Results	68	68	0.016	4250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	68	5.485	32578.1