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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “kalmias” 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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17 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
kalmias	13	4	797	(None)
kalmia	12	3	889	1	kalmia_
alias	5	58	3460	2	_al_ias
almas	7	66	2977	2	_alm_as
amias	7	58	3147	2	_a_mias
halmas	11	70	1789	2	halm_as
kalian	10	3	1216	2	kal_ian
kalians	11	3	1018	2	kal_ians
kalifs	13	44	1098	2	kal_ifs
kalimbas	16	4	232	2	kalimbas
kalpas	12	41	1294	2	kal_pas
kamiks	11	38	791	2	ka_miks
karmas	12	30	1373	2	karm_as
lamias	8	50	2061	2	la_mias
salmis	8	5	1427	2	salmi_s
salvias	10	27	993	2	salvias
zamias	17	42	1292	2	za_mias

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.376	31893.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.779	47285.3