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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “directest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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37 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
directest	12	4	630	(None)
directed	12	3	823	2	directe_d
directer	11	3	758	2	directe_r
directness	13	4	419	2	directness
directress	13	4	310	2	directress
directs	10	27	1026	2	direct_s_
correctest	14	4	560	3	correctest
decentest	12	4	908	3	decentest
deftest	11	26	1171	3	d__eftest
detest	7	41	2284	3	d__e_test
diciest	10	33	1652	3	di__ciest
dictiest	11	32	1278	3	di__ctiest
dinettes	9	3	1019	3	dinettes_
dioecies	11	3	893	3	dioecies_
direct	9	38	1733	3	direc___t
directing	13	3	882	3	directing
direction	12	8	978	3	direction
directive	15	5	777	3	directive
directives	16	5	583	3	directives_
directly	14	5	530	3	direct_ly
director	11	4	778	3	direct_or
directors	12	4	814	3	directors
directory	15	4	588	3	directory
directrix	19	5	242	3	directrix
direness	9	3	1130	3	dire_ness
direst	7	50	2424	3	dir___est
dirtiest	9	30	1420	3	dir_tiest
discreetest	14	5	391	3	discreetest
fiercest	13	21	614	3	fierc_est
greatest	9	3	986	3	_greatest
iratest	7	3	1248	3	_ir_atest
perfectest	17	4	481	3	perfectest
pretest	9	5	1763	3	_pre_test
retest	6	40	2845	3	__re_test
silentest	9	4	810	3	silentest
strictest	11	4	729	3	strictest
tiredest	9	3	840	3	tire_dest

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	37	6.830	21763.0
3	Display Results	37	37	0.016	2312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	7.266	24592.8