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

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

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59 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
nidal	6	52	1710	(None)
nival	8	49	1577	1	nival
nodal	6	47	1779	1	nodal
tidal	6	45	1644	1	tidal
animal	8	50	1625	2	animal
anodal	7	25	1212	2	anodal
binal	7	53	2382	2	binal
bridal	9	5	1145	2	bridal
cnida	8	7	895	2	cnida_
cnidae	9	7	814	2	cnidae
dal	4	75	5495	2	__dal
dedal	7	57	1902	2	dedal
dial	5	59	3506	2	di_al
final	8	39	2203	2	final
hadal	9	55	1812	2	hadal
ideal	6	57	1639	2	_ideal
idol	5	68	1863	2	_idol
idyl	8	59	1230	2	_idyl
indol	6	37	1487	2	indol
lidar	6	3	1272	2	lidar
medal	8	62	2133	2	medal
modal	8	59	1924	2	modal
nada	5	80	2290	2	nada_
nadas	6	63	2081	2	nadas
nasal	5	62	1759	2	nasal
natal	5	39	2149	2	natal
naval	8	53	1583	2	naval
nicad	8	3	1261	2	nicad
nicol	7	11	1329	2	nicol
nidate	7	3	1378	2	nidate
nide	5	55	3579	2	nid_e
nided	7	59	2087	2	nided
nides	6	52	2913	2	nides
nidi	5	65	2440	2	nid_i
nidus	6	59	1357	2	nidus
nihil	8	4	1028	2	nihil
nil	3	61	4419	2	ni__l
nill	4	56	3430	2	ni_ll
nipa	6	94	2163	2	nipa_
nipas	7	71	1667	2	nipas
nizam	16	3	1025	2	nizam
nopal	7	55	1710	2	nopal
notal	5	52	2135	2	notal
pedal	8	60	2250	2	pedal
pial	6	56	3670	2	pi_al
pibal	9	52	1732	2	pibal
pical	9	55	2437	2	pical
pipal	9	51	1835	2	pipal
rial	4	59	3809	2	ri_al
rival	8	52	1650	2	rival
riyal	8	44	1343	2	riyal
sial	4	59	3883	2	si_al
sisal	5	42	1773	2	sisal
tical	7	60	2149	2	tical
unideal	8	3	710	2	unideal
vial	7	67	3109	2	vi_al
vinal	8	57	2581	2	vinal
viral	8	64	1959	2	viral
vital	8	48	1967	2	vital

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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	59	1.576	34137.1
3	Display Results	59	59	0.016	3687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	1.905	93801.0