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

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

22 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
potash	11	3	827	(None)
botas	7	53	2878	2	botas_
iotas	5	48	2111	2	iotas_
jotas	12	57	1744	2	jotas_
lotah	8	53	1585	2	lota_h
lotahs	9	47	987	2	lotahs
lotas	5	59	2630	2	lotas_
pash	9	56	3813	2	p__ash
pitas	7	74	2767	2	pitas_
plash	10	46	1656	2	p_lash
poach	12	49	1786	2	po_ach
polish	11	49	1672	2	polish
popish	13	38	1211	2	popish
posh	9	54	2732	2	po__sh
potage	9	27	1590	2	potage
potashes	13	3	783	2	potashes
potato	8	5	1343	2	potato
potlach	14	10	636	2	potlach
pots	6	64	5236	2	pot_s_
potsy	10	58	1561	2	pot_sy
rotas	5	48	2772	2	rotas_
stash	8	49	1697	2	_stash

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	22	2.470	33421.5
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.796	63909.5