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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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103 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
stash	8	49	1697	(None)
sash	7	72	3530	1	s_ash
slash	8	47	1968	1	slash
smash	10	48	1443	1	smash
snash	8	48	1567	1	snash
staph	10	43	1465	1	staph
swash	11	63	1675	1	swash
abash	10	60	1651	2	abash
ash	6	79	4460	2	__ash
awash	11	66	1316	2	awash
bash	9	152	4016	2	_bash
brash	10	62	2156	2	brash
cash	9	66	3628	2	_cash
clash	10	62	1903	2	clash
crash	10	91	2001	2	crash
dash	8	70	3163	2	_dash
deash	9	56	1724	2	deash
etas	4	64	3227	2	etas_
fash	10	72	3229	2	_fash
flash	11	57	1621	2	flash
gash	8	68	3302	2	_gash
gnash	9	44	983	2	gnash
hash	10	69	3650	2	_hash
lash	7	65	3965	2	_lash
leash	8	55	1921	2	leash
mash	9	60	3939	2	_mash
pash	9	56	3813	2	_pash
plash	10	46	1656	2	plash
potash	11	3	827	2	potash
quash	17	45	1216	2	quash
rash	7	60	3993	2	_rash
sass	4	50	3562	2	s_ass
seas	4	57	5527	2	seas_
shah	10	56	2778	2	sha_h
shahs	11	59	1951	2	shahs
shush	11	38	1254	2	shush
skas	8	53	2571	2	skas_
skosh	12	40	726	2	skosh
slosh	8	45	1448	2	slosh
slush	8	53	1657	2	slush
smush	10	44	1058	2	smush
snath	8	64	1980	2	snath
spas	6	70	3672	2	spas_
spasm	9	45	1417	2	spasm
splash	11	6	882	2	splash
squash	18	4	683	2	squash
stab	6	73	2993	2	sta_b
stabs	7	62	2138	2	stabs
stack	11	44	2169	2	stack
stade	6	48	2530	2	stade
staff	11	38	1771	2	staff
stag	5	73	3200	2	sta_g
stage	6	53	3019	2	stage
stags	6	62	2674	2	stags
stagy	9	66	1889	2	stagy
staid	6	67	2207	2	staid
staig	6	55	1963	2	staig
stain	5	57	2793	2	stain
stair	5	47	1993	2	stair
stake	9	59	2753	2	stake
stale	5	56	3710	2	stale
stalk	9	45	1800	2	stalk
stall	5	47	2235	2	stall
stamp	9	52	1736	2	stamp
stanch	11	38	1237	2	stanch
stand	6	59	2328	2	stand
stane	5	59	3300	2	stane
stang	6	64	2468	2	stang
stank	9	58	2330	2	stank
staphs	11	44	1103	2	staphs
star	4	80	3776	2	sta_r
starch	11	30	1320	2	starch
stare	5	44	4026	2	stare
stark	9	54	2562	2	stark
stars	5	58	3657	2	stars
start	5	56	4231	2	start
stases	6	42	2556	2	stases
stashed	11	38	1248	2	stashed
stashes	10	39	1616	2	stashes
stasis	6	31	1687	2	stasis
stat	4	73	5269	2	sta_t
state	5	62	3733	2	state
stats	5	59	3336	2	stats
stave	8	53	2499	2	stave
staw	7	86	2769	2	sta_w
stay	7	83	3372	2	sta_y
stays	8	60	2202	2	stays
stich	10	41	1792	2	stich
stoas	5	51	2602	2	stoas_
stoss	5	43	1634	2	stoss
strass	6	71	1722	2	strass
strath	9	32	1636	2	strath
swath	11	59	2038	2	swath
swish	11	51	1482	2	swish
tach	9	61	3275	2	_tach
tas	3	84	7710	2	_tas_
task	8	53	2665	2	_task
tass	4	56	4057	2	_tass
tosh	7	48	2681	2	_tosh
trash	8	61	1976	2	trash
tush	7	45	2390	2	_tush
utas	4	59	2495	2	utas_
wash	10	60	3381	2	_wash

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	53800	0.190	940478.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	103	4.060	13251.2
3	Display Results	103	103	0.063	1634.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	103	4.313	41430.8