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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “challahs” 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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17 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
challahs	16	37	756	(None)
chalahs	15	28	988	1	cha_lahs
challah	15	45	832	1	challah_
challas	12	44	1412	1	challa_s
hallahs	13	39	1246	1	_hallahs
callans	9	45	1847	2	c_allans
callas	8	45	2675	2	c_alla_s
chalah	14	35	1166	2	cha_lah_
chalehs	15	26	880	2	cha_lehs
challa	11	40	1419	2	challa__
challies	13	39	1564	2	challies
challis	12	46	1346	2	chall_is
chollas	12	38	1135	2	cholla_s
halalahs	14	36	744	2	_halalahs
hallah	12	41	1540	2	_hallah_
halvahs	16	41	753	2	_halvahs
wallahs	13	40	947	2	_wallahs

Search took 5 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.873	31257.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.279	41760.0