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

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

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71 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
chelas	11	38	1720	(None)
chela	10	39	1680	1	chela_
chelae	11	36	1460	1	chelae
cholas	11	48	1800	1	cholas
akelas	10	3	1119	2	akelas
callas	8	45	2675	2	callas
cells	7	54	2806	2	c_ells
cels	6	55	3497	2	c_el_s
celts	7	53	2578	2	c_elts
chalah	14	35	1166	2	chalah
chalahs	15	28	988	2	chalahs
chalks	15	54	1214	2	chalks
challas	12	44	1412	2	challas
charas	11	42	2361	2	charas
cheap	12	69	1594	2	che_ap
cheaps	13	46	1368	2	cheaps
cheat	10	57	3245	2	che_at
cheats	11	45	1954	2	cheats
checks	17	49	1270	2	checks
cheeks	15	47	1278	2	cheeks
cheeps	13	53	1291	2	cheeps
cheers	11	45	1891	2	cheers
chefs	13	62	1466	2	che_fs
chelate	12	29	1489	2	chelate
chelates	13	27	1384	2	chelates
chemos	13	3	1172	2	chemos
cherts	11	56	1723	2	cherts
chess	10	50	1692	2	che_ss
chests	11	49	1626	2	chests
chetah	14	39	958	2	chetah
chetahs	15	34	707	2	chetahs
cheths	14	38	982	2	cheths
chews	13	54	1851	2	che_ws
chias	10	46	2552	2	ch_ias
chicas	13	59	1647	2	chicas
chields	13	50	748	2	chields
chiels	11	51	1593	2	chiel_s
chiles	11	54	2530	2	chiles
chilis	11	55	1787	2	chilis
chills	11	47	1770	2	chills
chimlas	14	3	745	2	chimlas
chinas	11	51	1940	2	chinas
chola	10	47	1803	2	chola_
chollas	12	38	1135	2	chollas
cholos	11	47	1685	2	cholos
chufas	14	39	767	2	chufas
chyles	14	48	1328	2	chyles
coalas	8	74	1896	2	coalas
colas	7	54	3677	2	c_olas
cutlas	8	3	1310	2	cutlas
heals	8	57	3346	2	_heals
hells	8	50	3204	2	_hells
helms	10	56	1946	2	_helms
helos	8	49	2806	2	_helos
helps	10	52	1934	2	_helps
hulas	8	49	2088	2	_hulas
hylas	11	48	1590	2	_hylas
khedas	14	4	631	2	khedas
rheas	8	48	1695	2	rhe_as
schemas	14	6	816	2	schemas
sheals	9	44	2064	2	sheals
sheas	8	63	3179	2	she_as
sheilas	10	5	940	2	sheilas
shells	9	43	1952	2	shells
sheltas	10	27	967	2	sheltas
thetas	9	30	1157	2	thetas
wheals	12	45	1252	2	wheals
whelks	16	36	732	2	whelks
whelms	14	37	757	2	whelms
whelps	14	43	784	2	whelps
whenas	12	46	1046	2	whenas

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	71	2.126	38829.3
3	Display Results	71	71	0.016	4437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	71	2.485	71907.8