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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “alfalfa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

23 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
alfalfa	13	4	244	(None)
alfalfas	14	4	195	1	alfalfas
alaska	10	3	671	3	al_aska
albata	8	3	933	3	alba_ta
alcalde	10	10	495	3	alcalde
alfa	7	76	2427	3	___alfa
alfaki	13	8	538	3	alfa_ki
alfakis	14	7	507	3	alfakis
alfaqui	19	11	197	3	alfaqui
alfas	8	72	1904	3	alfa__s
alforja	17	8	231	3	alforja
algal	6	65	1822	3	algal__
alkali	10	12	756	3	alkal_i
alkalic	13	14	697	3	alkalic
alkalify	18	4	282	3	alkalify
alkalin	11	17	818	3	alkalin
alkalis	11	14	879	3	alkalis
alpaca	10	4	738	3	alpa_ca
alula	5	3	1709	3	al_ul_a
argala	7	47	1267	3	argal_a
azalea	15	3	700	3	a_zalea
falbala	12	3	587	3	falbal_a
halala	9	47	1509	3	hal_al_a

Search took 7 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	134027	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	23	5.810	23068.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	6.232	28673.1