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

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

12 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
ephah	13	3	706	(None)
epha	9	3	1005	1	epha_
ephahs	14	3	550	1	ephahs
ephas	10	3	1154	1	ephas
ephod	11	3	912	2	ephod
ephor	10	3	1001	2	ephor
epoch	12	4	820	2	epoch
hah	9	106	5522	2	__hah
opah	9	62	1840	2	op_ah
pah	8	88	5359	2	_p_ah
phat	9	58	3786	2	_phat
shah	10	56	2778	2	_shah

Search took 2 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	0.096	1861364.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	12	1.716	31352.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	1.812	98615.3