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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
embalm	12	3	665	(None)
embalms	13	3	533	1	embalms
imbalm	12	4	632	1	imbalm
balm	8	55	3420	2	__balm
cembali	13	15	604	2	cembali
cembalo	13	14	553	2	cembalo
embalmed	15	4	426	2	embalmed
embalmer	14	4	406	2	embalmer
embank	14	34	655	2	embank
embar	9	40	1160	2	emba_r
embark	14	45	852	2	embark
embars	10	38	1288	2	embars
embay	12	34	1060	2	emba_y
embays	13	140	833	2	embays
emblem	12	3	758	2	emblem
emboli	10	3	748	2	emboli
emboly	13	3	672	2	emboly
empale	10	26	1126	2	empale
imbalms	13	3	455	2	imbalms
malm	8	51	2998	2	_m_alm

Search took 3 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	82551	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.610	31628.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.952	60532.2