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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lochan” 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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21 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
lochan	11	3	909	(None)
lochans	12	4	883	1	lochans
clachan	14	3	718	2	clachan
cochin	13	13	1320	2	cochin
lichen	11	40	1274	2	lichen
loan	4	74	3645	2	lo__an
loca	6	55	2768	2	loc_a_
local	7	48	2027	2	loc_al
loch	9	55	2713	2	loch__
lochia	11	5	831	2	lochia
lochial	12	5	708	2	lochial
lochs	10	67	1551	2	loch_s
logan	6	81	2328	2	lo_gan
longan	7	56	1236	2	longan
loran	5	59	2509	2	lo_ran
mocha	12	4	992	2	mocha_
mochas	13	3	1066	2	mochas
ocean	7	12	1296	2	_ocean
octan	7	13	1348	2	_octan
pechan	13	5	1154	2	pechan
socman	10	3	981	2	socman

Search took 6 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	0.673	265514.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	5.233	15775.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	5.922	30174.1