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

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

15 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
hamzah	23	13	556	(None)
hamza	19	13	977	1	hamza_
hamzahs	24	13	437	1	hamzahs
hamzas	20	11	901	1	hamzas
amah	9	89	2749	2	_am_ah
hallah	12	41	1540	2	hallah
halvah	15	49	983	2	halvah
hamal	10	46	2311	2	ham_al
hammal	13	45	1206	2	hammal
hammam	12	41	933	2	hammam
hazan	17	38	1361	2	ha_zan
hazmat	20	3	1226	2	hazmat
hazzan	17	23	680	2	hazzan
huzzah	20	4	442	2	huzzah
matzah	20	3	596	2	matzah

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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	4.346	18994.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.689	38108.6