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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
thwacks	19	5	361	(None)
thacks	15	43	1192	1	th_acks
thwack	18	3	421	1	thwack_
hacks	14	49	2871	2	_h_acks
shacks	15	48	1756	2	sh_acks
tacks	11	54	3013	2	t__acks
thack	14	49	1517	2	th_ack_
thanks	13	43	1313	2	th_anks
thicks	15	45	1199	2	th_icks
thwacked	21	3	272	2	thwacked
thwacker	20	4	287	2	thwacker
thwackers	21	4	222	2	thwackers
thwarts	13	4	502	2	thwarts
towsacks	17	4	417	2	towsacks
tracks	12	48	1884	2	t_racks
wacks	14	66	2628	2	__wacks
whacks	18	46	1048	2	wh_acks

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	2.843	37872.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.219	55511.3