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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “chalahs” 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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24 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
chalahs	15	28	988	(None)
chalah	14	35	1166	1	chalah_
chalehs	15	26	880	1	chalehs
challahs	16	37	756	1	challahs
calash	11	3	1243	2	c_alash
chadars	13	3	829	2	chadars
chalaza	21	4	573	2	chalaza
chalazas	22	4	589	2	chalazas
chaleh	14	37	1199	2	chaleh_
chalets	12	28	1347	2	chalets
chalks	15	54	1214	2	chal_ks
challah	15	45	832	2	challah_
challas	12	44	1412	2	challas
challis	12	46	1346	2	challis
charas	11	42	2361	2	chara_s
chazans	21	26	812	2	chazans
chelas	11	38	1720	2	chela_s
chetahs	15	34	707	2	chetahs
cholas	11	48	1800	2	chola_s
coalas	8	74	1896	2	coala_s
galahs	10	55	1268	2	_galahs
halals	9	50	1831	2	_halals
hallahs	13	39	1246	2	_hallahs
halvahs	16	41	753	2	_halvahs

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	24	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.562	50165.9