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

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

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67 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
squirrel	17	41	453	(None)
squirrels	18	33	342	1	squirrels
squirrely	21	28	333	1	squirrely
quarrel	16	3	610	2	_quarrel
squire	15	59	1246	2	squi_re_
squired	17	37	1006	2	squi_red
squireen	17	4	439	2	squireen
squires	16	38	1284	2	squi_res
squirmed	20	3	417	2	squirmed
squirmer	19	3	437	2	squirmer
squirreled	20	5	151	2	squirreled
squirrelly	22	26	190	2	squirrelly
squirted	18	4	579	2	squirted
squirter	17	4	652	2	squirter
esquire	16	37	660	3	esqui_re_
esquired	18	31	508	3	esqui_red
esquires	17	26	621	3	esqui_res
quarrels	17	3	508	3	_quarrels
quire	14	49	1713	3	_qui_re_
quired	16	37	1195	3	_qui_red
quires	15	40	1575	3	_qui_res
quirked	21	32	543	3	_quirked
quirted	17	36	921	3	_quirted
saurel	6	5	1199	3	sau__rel
scurril	9	4	511	3	scu_rril
shirred	11	37	1050	3	s_hirred
sirree	6	40	1734	3	s__irree
skirred	12	34	708	3	s_kirred
skirret	11	27	817	3	s_kirret
slurred	8	35	919	3	slu_rred
sorrel	6	4	1355	3	s__orrel
spurred	10	36	1062	3	spu_rred
spurrer	9	37	1022	3	spu_rrer
spurrey	12	30	781	3	spu_rrey
square	15	45	1336	3	squ_are_
squared	17	36	1056	3	squ_ared
squarely	20	4	535	3	squ_arely
squarer	16	34	1066	3	squ_arer
squarers	17	33	802	3	squarers
squares	16	37	1446	3	squ_ares
squibbed	22	8	342	3	squibbed
squidded	20	4	372	3	squidded
squiffed	24	3	373	3	squiffed
squiggle	19	4	318	3	squiggle
squilgee	18	4	462	3	squilgee
squill	15	3	723	3	squi__ll
squinted	18	4	706	3	squinted
squinter	17	4	736	3	squinter
squireens	18	4	273	3	squireens
squiring	18	17	756	3	squiring
squirish	20	4	511	3	squirish
squirm	17	38	767	3	squi_r_m
squirmers	20	5	311	3	squirmers
squirmier	20	4	285	3	squirmier
squirms	18	37	634	3	squi_rms
squirmy	21	37	429	3	squi_rmy
squirreling	21	14	174	3	squirrel~~ing~~
squirrelled	21	5	114	3	squirrelled
squirt	15	38	1293	3	squi_r_t
squirters	18	3	507	3	squirters
squirts	16	34	801	3	squi_rts
squished	21	18	639	3	squished
squishes	20	19	839	3	squishes
stirred	8	35	970	3	s_tirred
stirrer	7	33	823	3	s_tirrer
surreal	7	3	923	3	s_u_rreal
surrey	9	44	1458	3	s_u_rrey

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	67	6.800	21494.4
3	Display Results	67	67	0.030	2233.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	7.250	24647.0