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

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

19 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
stalags	8	3	864	(None)
stalag	7	3	1002	1	stalag_
salads	7	53	1696	2	s_alads
salals	6	51	2008	2	s_alals
scalage	10	31	1053	2	scalage
scalages	11	30	1025	2	scalages
scalars	9	37	1191	2	scalars
seabags	10	3	748	2	seabags
slags	6	65	2590	2	s__lags
stags	6	62	2674	2	st__ags
staigs	7	54	1481	2	sta_igs
stales	6	55	3829	2	stal_es
stalks	10	46	1455	2	stal_ks
stalls	6	40	1993	2	stal_ls
stangs	7	50	1817	2	sta_ngs
stealage	9	4	658	2	stealage
stealages	10	4	604	2	stealages
talars	6	60	2168	2	_talars
talas	5	59	3589	2	_tala_s

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.486	30886.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.876	46101.9