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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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30 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
rales	5	49	4749	(None)
ales	4	70	6710	1	_ales
arles	5	67	3574	1	arles
bales	7	62	5008	1	bales
dales	6	64	3974	1	dales
gales	6	54	4248	1	gales
hales	8	54	4984	1	hales
kales	9	57	3098	1	kales
males	7	50	4979	1	males
pales	7	57	5380	1	pales
races	7	49	4324	1	races
rages	6	45	3944	1	rages
rajes	12	50	2278	1	rajes
rakes	9	44	4035	1	rakes
rale	4	50	5056	1	rale_
rapes	7	57	4072	1	rapes
rares	5	52	4744	1	rares
rases	5	54	4721	1	rases
rates	5	53	5201	1	rates
raves	8	54	4197	1	raves
raxes	12	47	2939	1	raxes
razes	14	50	3270	1	razes
reales	6	49	3412	1	reales
riles	5	53	4364	1	riles
roles	5	67	4798	1	roles
rules	5	52	3425	1	rules
sales	5	60	5559	1	sales
tales	5	54	5137	1	tales
vales	8	54	3426	1	vales
wales	8	61	4283	1	wales

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	30	0.530	54256.6
3	Display Results	30	30	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	30	0.593	301333.9