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

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

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.

17 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
lama	6	66	3529	(None)
alma	6	63	3302	1	alma
ama	5	108	5330	1	_ama
gama	7	70	3551	1	gama
lam	5	76	6671	1	lam_
lamas	7	55	3279	1	lamas
lamb	8	68	3214	1	lamb
lame	6	68	4929	1	lame
lamia	7	53	2432	1	lamia
lamp	8	62	3382	1	lamp
lams	6	65	5226	1	lams
lava	7	67	2542	1	lava
lima	6	57	3413	1	lima
llama	7	9	989	1	llama
luma	6	55	2752	1	luma
mama	8	62	3158	1	mama
ulama	7	7	1147	1	ulama

Search took 2 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	13983	0.233	766914.2
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	17	1.126	12418.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	1.372	130241.3