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

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

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76 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
stapled	10	36	1370	(None)
stabled	10	35	1495	1	stabled
staled	7	47	2810	1	sta_led
stalled	8	35	1569	1	stalled
staple	8	44	1582	1	staple_
stapler	9	39	1363	1	stapler
staples	9	36	1721	1	staples
sailed	7	43	2776	2	s_ailed
sampled	12	34	1079	2	sampled
sapped	11	44	2201	2	s_apped
scaled	9	48	2244	2	sca_led
scalped	12	44	1199	2	scalped
scaped	11	55	1955	2	scap_ed
sealed	7	43	2836	2	sea_led
sepaled	10	5	1059	2	sepaled
shaled	10	50	2395	2	sha_led
shaped	12	50	2010	2	shap_ed
shauled	11	4	879	2	shauled
shawled	14	3	777	2	shawled
slapped	12	35	1185	2	slapped
snailed	8	38	1192	2	snailed
snapped	12	46	1120	2	snapped
snarled	8	36	1236	2	snarled
soaped	9	58	1797	2	soap_ed
spalled	10	31	1313	2	spalled
stabbed	12	35	1037	2	stabbed
stable	8	39	2164	2	stable_
stabler	9	40	1493	2	stabler
stables	9	32	1907	2	stables
stacked	14	34	1612	2	stacked
staffed	14	29	828	2	staffed
staged	8	45	2156	2	sta_ged
stagged	10	42	1208	2	stagged
stained	8	42	1534	2	stained
staked	11	46	2194	2	sta_ked
stale	5	56	3710	2	sta_le_
staler	6	40	2582	2	sta_ler
stales	6	55	3829	2	sta_les
stalked	12	38	1117	2	stalked
stamped	12	48	1281	2	stamped
staned	7	48	2464	2	sta_ned
stanged	9	41	1385	2	stanged
stapes	8	50	2873	2	stap_es
staplers	10	31	1120	2	staplers
stared	7	54	2987	2	sta_red
starlet	7	16	2012	2	starlet
starred	8	50	1345	2	starred
started	8	42	1732	2	started
startled	9	20	856	2	startled
starved	11	49	1157	2	starved
stashed	11	38	1249	2	stashed
stated	7	54	2783	2	sta_ted
statued	8	45	989	2	statued
staved	10	39	1805	2	sta_ved
stayed	10	48	1727	2	sta_yed
steeled	8	35	1322	2	steeled
steepled	11	3	590	2	steepled
stepped	12	32	1005	2	stepped
stifled	11	35	1109	2	stifled
stilled	8	33	1479	2	stilled
stiped	9	45	1707	2	stip_ed
stippled	13	4	530	2	stippled
stipuled	11	3	445	2	stipuled
stoled	7	45	2159	2	st_oled
stooled	8	43	1389	2	stooled
stoped	9	47	2101	2	stop_ed
stopped	12	45	1220	2	stopped
stoppled	13	4	500	2	stoppled
strapped	13	5	782	2	strapped
styled	10	56	1310	2	st_yled
suppled	12	4	846	2	suppled
swapped	15	42	914	2	swapped
tabled	9	40	2004	2	_tabled
tailed	7	44	2466	2	_tailed
taped	8	53	2742	2	_tap_ed
tapped	11	38	2005	2	_tapped

Search took 7 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	107671	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	76	6.000	17945.2
3	Display Results	76	76	0.453	167.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	76	6.846	26101.5