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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “balboas” 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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19 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
balboas	11	37	1007	(None)
balboa	10	38	996	1	balboa_
bilboas	11	43	873	1	bilboas
albas	7	59	2539	2	_alb_as
babas	9	63	2573	2	ba_b_as
babkas	14	60	1014	2	ba_bkas
baboos	10	35	1701	2	ba_boos
balas	7	69	3721	2	bal__as
balatas	9	3	1183	2	balatas
ballons	9	39	1696	2	ballons
ballots	9	41	1603	2	ballots
balsas	8	64	1752	2	bal_sas
bamboos	13	4	875	2	bamboos
batboys	14	6	583	2	batboys
bilboa	10	36	784	2	bilboa_
bilboes	11	44	1024	2	bilboes
bilbos	10	50	1120	2	bilbo_s
bulbous	11	3	829	2	bulbous
halloas	10	43	1846	2	halloas

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	19	3.280	32826.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.672	48663.1