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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hamzahs” 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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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
hamzahs	24	13	437	(None)
hamzah	23	13	556	1	hamzah_
hamzas	20	11	901	1	hamza_s
amahs	10	78	1906	2	_am_ahs
hallahs	13	39	1246	2	hallahs
halvahs	16	41	753	2	halvahs
hamals	11	48	1683	2	ham_als
hammals	14	40	923	2	hammals
hammams	13	38	644	2	hammams
hamza	19	13	977	2	hamza__
hazans	18	34	1165	2	ha_zans
hazmats	21	3	660	2	hazmats
hazzans	18	21	578	2	hazzans
huzzahs	21	4	308	2	huzzahs
matzahs	21	3	448	2	matzahs

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	2.890	37256.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.266	54712.5