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

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

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48 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
darkest	12	25	1262	(None)
dankest	12	26	1167	1	dankest
arrest	6	37	2263	2	_arrest
barest	8	53	2769	2	bar_est
barkiest	14	41	1515	2	barkiest
daftest	11	24	894	2	daftest
dampest	12	4	1104	2	dampest
dares	6	61	4670	2	dar_es_
darked	12	39	1963	2	darke_d
darken	11	40	1344	2	darke_n
darkens	12	40	987	2	darkens
darker	11	47	1869	2	darke_r
darkey	14	52	1242	2	darke_y
darkeys	15	35	653	2	darkeys
darkies	12	40	1575	2	darkies_
darkish	15	3	794	2	darkish
darkles	12	40	1193	2	darkles_
darkliest	14	3	516	2	darkliest
darkness	13	24	734	2	darkness
darks	10	67	2787	2	dark_s_
darndest	10	6	722	2	darndest
dearest	8	36	1867	2	dear_est
direst	7	50	2424	2	dir_est
dorkiest	13	31	1125	2	dorkiest
drakes	11	47	1586	2	drakes_
drest	6	55	3034	2	d_r_est
driest	7	47	2275	2	d_riest
dryest	10	48	1112	2	d_ryest
dwarfest	15	4	347	2	dwarfest
earnest	7	3	1873	2	earnest
hardest	11	31	1841	2	hardest
harvest	13	21	1275	2	harvest
lankest	11	27	1411	2	lankest
largest	8	37	1510	2	largest
larkiest	12	37	1332	2	larkiest
market	12	32	2604	2	marke_t
markets	13	33	1403	2	markets
mirkest	13	30	972	2	mirkest
murkest	13	31	1020	2	murkest
rankest	11	27	1381	2	rankest
rarest	6	57	2548	2	rar_est
sarkiest	12	36	1507	2	sarkiest
starkest	12	3	972	2	starkest
tartest	7	25	1753	2	tartest
wackest	16	47	1086	2	wackest
wariest	10	51	2250	2	wariest
warmest	12	31	1303	2	warmest
yarest	9	50	1891	2	yar_est

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	48	3.703	29076.7
3	Display Results	48	48	0.016	3000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	48	4.095	43636.4