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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mah” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 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
aah	6	162	5296	1	aah
ah	5	138	6879	1	_ah
amah	9	89	2748	1	amah
bah	8	77	5535	1	bah
dah	7	81	4898	1	dah
hah	9	106	5522	1	hah
ma	4	100	6065	1	ma_
mac	7	80	5392	1	mac
mach	11	61	3447	1	mach
mad	6	89	5870	1	mad
mae	5	76	5910	1	mae
mag	6	79	5647	1	mag
man	5	74	6585	1	man
map	7	72	5511	1	map
mar	5	79	6594	1	mar
mas	5	81	7581	1	mas
mash	9	60	3939	1	mash
mat	5	80	8393	1	mat
math	9	54	3744	1	math
maw	8	70	5009	1	maw
max	12	90	4544	1	max
may	8	87	5762	1	may
nah	6	98	4700	1	nah
pah	8	88	5359	1	pah
rah	6	80	5240	1	rah
yah	9	90	4635	1	yah

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	26	0.093	55333.3
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	0.156	1145455.1