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

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

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79 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
spicey	13	44	1423	(None)
spacey	13	62	1253	1	spacey
spice	9	55	2881	1	spice_
spiced	11	52	1831	1	spiced
spicer	10	47	1931	1	spicer
spicery	14	49	901	1	spicery
spices	10	43	2603	1	spices
spicy	12	54	1771	1	spic_y
spikey	15	54	1133	1	spikey
apices	10	49	1626	2	apices
dicey	11	48	1933	2	_dicey
pacey	12	67	2028	2	_pacey
pice	8	46	4109	2	_pice_
picky	16	54	1694	2	_picky
piney	10	57	2750	2	_piney
pricey	13	44	1263	2	pricey
saice	7	54	2405	2	saice_
saices	8	42	2180	2	saices
sice	6	55	4559	2	s_ice_
sices	7	56	3727	2	s_ices
skiey	12	50	1289	2	ski_ey
slice	7	49	2582	2	slice_
sliced	9	44	1631	2	sliced
slicer	8	41	1760	2	slicer
slices	8	40	2285	2	slices
smiley	11	40	1230	2	smiley
space	9	53	2567	2	space_
spaced	11	45	1725	2	spaced
spacer	10	49	1779	2	spacer
spaces	10	47	2263	2	spaces
spacy	12	54	1562	2	spac_y
spic	8	52	2743	2	spic__
spica	9	47	1794	2	spic_a
spicae	10	43	1370	2	spicae
spicas	10	47	1582	2	spicas
spicers	11	38	1555	2	spicers
spicier	11	51	1246	2	spicier
spicily	14	3	865	2	spicily
spick	13	45	1907	2	spic_k
spicks	14	48	1499	2	spicks
spics	9	41	2324	2	spic_s
spider	9	45	1680	2	spider
spidery	13	30	820	2	spidery
spied	8	54	2771	2	spi_ed
spiel	7	46	2391	2	spi_el
spier	7	57	2803	2	spi_er
spies	7	60	3762	2	spi_es
spiffy	17	32	622	2	spiffy
spike	11	49	2284	2	spike_
spiked	13	49	1555	2	spiked
spiker	12	43	1566	2	spiker
spikes	12	45	2071	2	spikes
spiky	14	60	1411	2	spi_ky
spile	7	52	3008	2	spile_
spiled	9	46	2199	2	spiled
spiles	8	42	2791	2	spiles
spine	7	65	3442	2	spine_
spined	9	54	2394	2	spined
spinel	8	53	1733	2	spinel
spines	8	51	3203	2	spines
spinet	8	56	2975	2	spinet
spinney	12	43	892	2	spinney
spinny	11	45	1018	2	spinny
spiny	10	49	2130	2	spi_ny
spire	7	58	2869	2	spire_
spirea	8	40	1563	2	spirea
spired	9	49	2186	2	spired
spirem	10	42	1416	2	spirem
spires	8	46	2811	2	spires
spiry	10	50	1735	2	spi_ry
spite	7	54	3066	2	spite_
spited	9	48	2044	2	spited
spites	8	41	2733	2	spites
spivvy	17	3	321	2	spivvy
splice	10	49	1510	2	splice_
spliced	12	43	1059	2	spliced
splicer	11	47	1052	2	splicer
splices	11	39	1438	2	splices
sticky	15	47	1134	2	sticky

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	79	2.500	33020.4
3	Display Results	79	79	0.030	2633.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	79	2.873	62196.7