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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cycad” 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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26 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
cycad	13	50	727	(None)
cycads	14	47	621	1	cycads
cycas	12	65	1382	1	cycas
caca	8	55	2808	2	caca_
cacao	9	54	2000	2	cacao
cacas	9	56	2798	2	cacas
cad	6	74	5636	2	__cad
ceca	8	48	2078	2	ceca_
cecal	9	46	1911	2	cecal
chad	10	55	2550	2	c_had
cicada	11	3	641	2	cicada
clad	7	62	2582	2	c_lad
coca	8	80	3064	2	coca_
cocas	9	59	2657	2	cocas
cyan	9	64	1962	2	cy_an
cycle	12	3	952	2	cycle
cycled	14	3	654	2	cycled
cyclo	12	3	770	2	cyclo
cyma	11	67	1584	2	cyma_
cymae	12	67	1301	2	cymae
cymar	12	57	1126	2	cymar
cymas	12	64	1788	2	cymas
dyad	9	64	1545	2	dy_ad
nicad	8	3	1261	2	nicad
scad	7	57	2577	2	_scad
yclad	11	24	638	2	yclad

Search took 2 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	53800	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	26	1.580	34050.6
3	Display Results	26	26	0.013	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	1.919	93116.7