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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “chiasms” 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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23 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
chiasms	14	35	752	(None)
chasms	13	55	1314	1	ch_asms
chiasm	13	44	910	1	chiasm_
chiasma	14	36	698	1	chiasma
chiasmas	15	30	658	1	chiasmas
chiasmi	14	36	557	1	chiasmi
chiasmus	15	34	390	1	chiasmus
chaises	12	43	1749	2	chaises
chams	12	60	2850	2	ch_a_ms
charms	13	52	1883	2	ch_arms
chases	11	51	2823	2	ch_ases
chasm	12	55	1879	2	ch_asm_
chasmy	16	46	854	2	ch_asmy
chias	10	46	2551	2	chia__s
chiasmal	15	28	502	2	chiasmal
chiasmic	17	29	501	2	chiasmic
chiaus	11	36	1130	2	chia_us
chiauses	13	3	648	2	chiauses
chiliasms	16	9	349	2	chiliasms
chirms	13	51	1398	2	chi_rms
chrisms	14	9	914	2	chrisms
miasms	10	9	738	2	_miasms
schisms	14	3	717	2	schi_sms

Search took 8 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	6.580	16363.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	6.736	26527.8