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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “challah” 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
challah	15	45	832	(None)
chalah	14	35	1166	1	cha_lah
challa	11	40	1419	1	challa_
challahs	16	37	756	1	challahs
challas	12	44	1412	1	challas
hallah	12	41	1540	1	_hallah
calla	7	48	2707	2	c_alla_
callan	8	36	1960	2	c_allan
callas	8	45	2675	2	c_allas
chalahs	15	28	988	2	cha_lahs
chaleh	14	37	1199	2	cha_leh
challie	12	40	1285	2	challie
challis	12	46	1346	2	challis
challot	12	36	1326	2	challot
challoth	16	31	610	2	challoth
chally	14	43	1429	2	chall_y
chaloth	15	29	860	2	chaloth
cholla	11	39	1102	2	cholla_
chollas	12	38	1135	2	chollas
halalah	13	42	939	2	_halalah
hallahs	13	39	1246	2	_hallahs
hallal	9	44	1556	2	_hallal
halvah	15	49	983	2	_halvah
wallah	12	40	1199	2	_wallah

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.096	34777.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.482	51318.5