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

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

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90 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
scried	9	58	1730	(None)
cried	8	46	2428	1	_cried
screed	9	57	1892	1	screed
scribed	12	45	1064	1	scribed
scries	8	52	2682	1	scries
scrived	13	45	1111	1	scrived
acred	8	71	2635	2	acr_ed
acrid	8	69	2010	2	acri_d
aeried	7	42	2186	2	aeried
ascribed	13	7	469	2	ascribed
buried	9	48	2237	2	buried
caried	9	45	2869	2	caried
cred	7	65	3088	2	_cr_ed
creed	8	57	2739	2	_creed
crier	7	47	2446	2	_crier
cries	7	54	3840	2	_cries
decried	11	26	1285	2	decried
descried	12	4	807	2	descried
dried	7	53	2138	2	_dried
fried	9	53	2291	2	_fried
juried	14	42	1244	2	juried
pried	8	44	2686	2	_pried
sacred	9	49	1710	2	sacr_ed
scaled	9	48	2244	2	scaled
scaped	11	55	1955	2	scaped
scared	9	52	2729	2	scared
scarfed	13	47	1118	2	scarfed
scarier	9	40	1787	2	scarier
scarped	12	43	1439	2	scarped
scarred	10	45	1263	2	scarred
scarted	10	48	1612	2	scarted
scoped	11	51	1665	2	scoped
scored	9	46	2113	2	scored
scorned	10	22	995	2	scorned
scowed	12	44	1382	2	scowed
scraped	12	43	1313	2	scraped
scree	7	200	3170	2	scr_ee
screeds	10	62	1028	2	screeds
screen	8	52	1601	2	screen
screes	8	50	2396	2	screes
screw	10	93	1853	2	scr_ew
screwed	13	57	1065	2	screwed
scribe	10	46	1352	2	scribe
scriber	11	39	1096	2	scriber
scribes	11	37	1320	2	scribes
scrieve	12	44	833	2	scrieve
scrieved	14	36	620	2	scrieved
scrim	9	54	1972	2	scri_m
scrimp	12	51	1058	2	scrimp
scrimped	15	5	531	2	scrimped
scrims	10	46	1593	2	scrims
scrip	9	66	1919	2	scri_p
scrips	10	53	1603	2	scrips
script	10	57	1790	2	script
scripted	13	11	755	2	scripted
scrive	11	54	1494	2	scrive
scrives	12	44	1427	2	scrives
scrod	8	51	1506	2	scr_od
scurried	11	26	705	2	scurried
sered	6	57	3729	2	ser_ed
serged	8	41	1876	2	serged
series	6	45	4097	2	series
serifed	11	8	1146	2	serifed
serried	8	25	1396	2	serried
served	10	46	1681	2	served
shied	9	61	2549	2	s_hied
shred	9	81	2561	2	shr_ed
shriek	13	42	1110	2	shriek
shrined	11	41	1241	2	shrined
shrived	14	47	1218	2	shrived
sired	6	61	3428	2	sir_ed
skied	10	44	1775	2	s_kied
sorbed	9	49	1651	2	sorbed
sored	6	61	4178	2	sor_ed
sorned	7	48	2004	2	sorned
sorted	7	45	2371	2	sorted
sortied	8	33	1409	2	sortied
spied	8	54	2771	2	s_pied
spired	9	49	2186	2	spired
sprier	8	41	1906	2	sprier
stied	6	57	2303	2	s_tied
storied	8	5	1516	2	storied
stride	7	54	2096	2	stride
striped	10	52	1436	2	striped
strived	11	47	1366	2	strived
surfed	10	38	1446	2	surfed
surged	8	41	1888	2	surged
tried	6	50	2691	2	_tried
varied	10	48	1786	2	varied
wried	9	55	1856	2	_wried

Search took 4 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	82551	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	90	2.970	27794.9
3	Display Results	90	90	0.060	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	90	3.153	56673.3