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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ephahs” 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.

10 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
ephahs	14	3	550	(None)
ephah	13	3	706	1	ephah_
ephas	10	3	1154	1	epha_s
epha	9	3	1005	2	epha__
ephods	12	3	836	2	ephods
ephors	11	3	1140	2	ephors
epochs	13	3	581	2	epochs
hahs	10	83	3336	2	__hahs
opahs	10	54	1198	2	op_ahs
shahs	11	59	1951	2	_shahs

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	10	2.313	35690.0
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	2.689	66452.6