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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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18 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
echidnae	14	4	290	(None)
echidna	13	4	372	1	echidna_
echidnas	14	4	338	1	echidnas
echinate	13	5	940	2	echi_nate
chicane	14	8	955	3	_chicane
chide	11	53	2101	3	_chid__e
china	10	50	2248	3	_chi_na_
chinas	11	51	1940	3	_chi_nas
chine	10	52	3172	3	_chi_n_e
choanae	12	3	686	3	_choanae
cnidae	9	7	814	3	_cnid_ae
deciduae	12	4	374	3	dec_iduae
echinacea	16	5	193	3	echi_nacea
echinated	15	4	648	3	echi_nated
eching	12	63	1556	3	echi_n_g
echini	11	47	1043	3	echi_n_i
echinus	12	3	620	3	echi_nus
exhedrae	19	4	334	3	exhedrae

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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	18	7.156	20425.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.592	23536.7