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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fireball” 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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69 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
fireball	13	12	726	(None)
fireballs	14	12	649	1	fireballs
firehall	14	10	561	1	firehall
firewall	14	12	593	1	firewall
fireable	13	17	1022	2	fireable
fireback	19	4	695	2	fireback
fireballer	15	12	298	2	fireballer
firebase	13	4	649	2	firebase
firehalls	15	10	517	2	firehalls
firewalls	15	12	535	2	firewalls
forkball	17	4	482	2	forkball
baseball	12	4	562	3	baseball
birdcall	13	4	369	3	birdcall
blueball	12	4	478	3	blueball
cornball	12	4	705	3	cornball
curveball	16	5	210	3	curveball
eyeball	12	4	506	3	_eyeball
farewell	14	4	331	3	farewell
fastball	13	4	491	3	fastball
fibrefill	17	5	169	3	fibrefill
fileable	13	17	922	3	fileable
fineable	13	18	1033	3	fineable
firearm	12	3	720	3	fire_arm
firebacks	20	4	630	3	firebacks
fireballers	16	13	250	3	fireball~~ers~~
fireballing	17	4	264	3	fireball~~ing~~
firebases	14	4	658	3	firebases
firebird	14	4	463	3	firebird
fireboard	15	4	661	3	fireboard
fireboat	13	4	909	3	fireboat
fireboats	14	4	641	3	fireboats
firebomb	17	4	341	3	firebomb
firebox	19	4	445	3	fireb_ox
firebrand	15	4	463	3	firebrand
firebrat	13	4	814	3	firebrat
firebrats	14	4	588	3	firebrats
firebug	13	8	379	3	fireb_ug
firebugs	14	11	382	3	firebugs
fireclay	16	4	418	3	fireclay
firedamp	16	4	374	3	firedamp
firefang	15	4	392	3	firefang
firefly	16	3	563	3	fire_fly
fireman	12	4	933	3	firema_n
firepan	12	3	698	3	firepa_n
firepans	13	4	715	3	firepans
foosball	13	4	409	3	foosball
football	13	4	561	3	football
forebay	15	3	813	3	foreba_y
forebays	16	3	726	3	forebays
foresail	11	4	782	3	foresail
forestall	12	4	691	3	forestall
foretell	11	4	612	3	foretell
forkballs	18	4	425	3	forkballs
hairball	13	4	463	3	hair_ball
hardball	14	11	630	3	hardball
harebell	13	4	435	3	harebell
highball	17	4	389	3	highball
hireable	13	13	908	3	hireable
icefall	12	5	430	3	_icefall
kickball	15	4	377	3	kickball
piebald	12	4	550	3	pi_ebald
pinball	11	3	793	3	pi_nball
prebill	11	3	880	3	_prebill
rebill	8	47	1325	3	__rebill
recall	8	38	1572	3	__recall
refall	9	43	1439	3	__refall
screwball	16	6	251	3	screwball
sidewall	12	4	480	3	sidewall
slimeball	13	4	278	3	slimeball

Search took 9 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	69	7.643	19123.6
3	Display Results	69	69	0.030	2300.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	69	8.093	22079.7