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

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

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81 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
cloaks	12	44	1126	(None)
cloak	11	52	1401	1	cloak_
clocks	14	49	1623	1	clocks
clonks	12	50	1347	1	clonks
croaks	12	58	1298	1	croaks
becloaks	16	4	493	2	becloaks
bleaks	12	51	1243	2	bleaks
bloats	8	52	1576	2	bloats
blocks	14	45	1394	2	blocks
chocks	17	48	1531	2	chocks
chooks	15	53	1279	2	chooks
clacks	14	45	1634	2	clacks
clads	8	57	2273	2	cl_ads
clags	8	56	2112	2	cl_ags
clams	9	51	2767	2	cl_ams
clanks	12	46	1518	2	clanks
clans	7	50	3101	2	cl_ans
claps	9	56	2618	2	cl_aps
class	7	55	2548	2	cl_ass
claws	10	60	2083	2	cl_aws
clays	10	55	2133	2	cl_ays
cleans	8	58	1705	2	cleans
clears	8	41	1656	2	clears
cleats	8	49	1931	2	cleats
cleeks	12	50	1054	2	cleeks
clerks	12	45	884	2	clerks
clicks	14	53	1511	2	clicks
clinks	12	58	1506	2	clinks
cloaca	10	3	726	2	cloaca
cloacas	11	3	623	2	cloacas
cloaked	14	36	854	2	cloaked
clock	13	49	1798	2	clock_
clods	8	53	2086	2	clo_ds
clogs	8	55	1955	2	clo_gs
clomps	12	52	1223	2	clomps
clones	8	45	2656	2	clones
clonk	11	44	1744	2	clonk_
clons	7	52	2813	2	clo_ns
clonus	8	52	1241	2	clonus
cloots	8	51	1369	2	cloots
clops	9	59	2485	2	clo_ps
closes	8	54	2559	2	closes
cloths	11	55	1248	2	cloths
clots	7	56	2764	2	clo_ts
clouds	9	46	1235	2	clouds
clours	8	52	1509	2	clours
clouts	8	70	1720	2	clouts
cloves	11	49	1882	2	cloves
clowns	11	48	1011	2	clowns
cloys	10	49	1694	2	clo_ys
clozes	17	49	1556	2	clozes
clucks	14	45	1207	2	clucks
clunks	12	48	1101	2	clunks
coals	7	61	2960	2	c_oals
coats	7	56	3500	2	c_oats
cocks	13	52	2716	2	c_ocks
colas	7	54	3677	2	cola_s
conks	11	55	2570	2	c_onks
cooks	11	54	2914	2	c_ooks
corks	11	60	2827	2	c_orks
creaks	12	43	1596	2	creaks
croak	11	52	1663	2	croak_
croaky	15	52	848	2	croaky
crocks	14	51	1842	2	crocks
crooks	12	49	1441	2	crooks
floats	9	68	1625	2	floats
flocks	15	47	1353	2	flocks
gloams	9	52	1066	2	gloams
gloats	7	45	1542	2	gloats
leaks	9	59	2391	2	_leaks
loads	6	53	2337	2	_loads
loafs	8	56	1699	2	_loafs
loams	7	56	1986	2	_loams
loans	5	60	2646	2	_loans
locks	11	51	2692	2	_locks
looks	9	51	2486	2	_looks
oaks	8	65	2790	2	__oaks
plonks	12	42	1042	2	plonks
soaks	9	52	2029	2	_soaks
troaks	10	44	1060	2	troaks
uncloaks	14	4	413	2	uncloaks

Search took 5 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	81	4.330	19064.9
3	Display Results	81	81	0.030	2700.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	81	4.703	37995.1