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

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

25 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
scalage	10	31	1053	(None)
scalade	10	35	926	1	scalade
scalages	11	30	1025	1	scalages
scalare	9	33	1183	1	scalare
escalade	11	4	438	2	escalade
escalate	10	3	932	2	escalate
salvage	11	3	819	2	s_alvage
savage	10	4	1017	2	s_avage
scalable	12	17	1023	2	scalable
scalades	11	25	880	2	scalades
scalado	10	27	647	2	scalado
scalar	8	36	1243	2	scala_r
scalares	10	32	1098	2	scalares
scalars	9	37	1190	2	scalars
scale	7	46	2914	2	scal__e
scalene	9	3	1077	2	scalene
scutage	10	3	633	2	scutage
silage	7	27	1530	2	s_ilage
smallage	11	4	518	2	smallage
soakage	12	3	610	2	soakage
soilage	8	16	935	2	soilage
stalag	7	3	1002	2	stalag_
stalags	8	3	864	2	stalags
stealage	9	4	658	2	stealage
sullage	8	5	991	2	sullage

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.452	51764.5