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

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

20 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
dharma	12	7	610	(None)
dharmas	13	5	651	1	dharmas
dharna	10	5	526	1	dharna
chacma	15	3	790	2	chacma
charka	15	40	1170	2	charka
charm	12	61	2466	2	charm_
charms	13	52	1884	2	charms
derma	8	49	1851	2	d_erma
dharmic	15	3	502	2	dharmic
dharnas	11	5	537	2	dharnas
dhurna	10	4	356	2	dhurna
drama	8	51	1742	2	dra_ma
halma	10	82	1925	2	_halma
harm	9	56	3779	2	_harm_
harms	10	68	2901	2	_harms
herma	10	53	1888	2	_herma
karma	11	34	1500	2	_karma
sharia	9	31	1673	2	sharia
tharm	10	59	1664	2	tharm_
tharms	11	57	1224	2	tharms

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	82551	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.623	31472.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.109	57475.4