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

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

15 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
lambada	12	4	564	(None)
lambadas	13	5	487	1	lambadas
lambda	11	4	611	1	lamb_da
gambade	13	3	638	2	gambade
gambado	13	4	497	2	gambado
hamada	12	3	992	2	ham_ada
hammada	15	4	509	2	hammada
labara	8	37	1289	2	la_bara
lambast	11	12	989	2	lambast
lambdas	12	4	624	2	lambdas
lambed	11	56	1478	2	lambed_
lampad	11	45	1003	2	lampad_
lampads	12	47	762	2	lampads
ramada	9	3	1018	2	ram_ada
tambala	11	3	802	2	tambala

Search took 4 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.780	47272.8