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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shallops” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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24 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
shallops	13	28	832	(None)
scallops	12	29	739	1	scallops
shallop	12	34	845	1	shallop_
shallots	11	31	950	1	shallots
shallows	14	38	886	1	shallows
escallops	13	4	319	2	escallops
gallops	10	32	1165	2	_gallops
halloas	10	43	1846	2	_halloas
halloes	10	40	2152	2	_halloes
halloos	10	37	1674	2	_halloos
hallos	9	54	2510	2	_hallo_s
hallows	13	44	1739	2	_hallows
sallows	10	39	1555	2	s_allows
saloops	9	35	1013	2	s_aloops
scallop	11	23	764	2	scallop_
scollops	12	23	570	2	scollops
shalloon	11	4	568	2	shalloon
shalloons	12	4	522	2	shalloons
shallot	10	36	1413	2	shallo_t
shallow	13	38	887	2	shallo_w
shaloms	12	8	898	2	sha_loms
swallows	14	29	589	2	swallows
thallous	11	3	652	2	thallous
wallops	12	34	1041	2	_wallops

Search took 6 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	121059	1.016	175877.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	4.763	25416.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	5.795	30835.4