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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hiatal” 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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21 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
hiatal	9	3	1020	(None)
biaxal	15	3	609	2	biaxal
chital	11	43	1388	2	chi_tal
distal	7	36	1577	2	distal
fatal	8	48	1937	2	_fatal
hadal	9	55	1812	2	h_adal
halal	8	56	2359	2	h_alal
hamal	10	46	2311	2	h_amal
hartal	9	4	1547	2	hartal
hematal	12	3	895	2	hematal
hiatus	9	3	822	2	hiatus
hiemal	11	33	950	2	hiemal
hyetal	12	3	654	2	hyetal
meatal	8	41	1473	2	meatal
natal	5	39	2149	2	_natal
ratal	5	50	2511	2	_ratal
riata	5	46	1802	2	riata_
riatas	6	39	1509	2	riatas
rictal	8	31	1318	2	rictal
statal	6	16	1322	2	statal
vital	8	48	1967	2	vi_tal

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.686	30733.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.812	63545.9