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

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

31 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
maw	8	70	5009	(None)
aw	5	125	6340	1	_aw
caw	8	66	4793	1	caw
daw	7	71	4836	1	daw
haw	9	71	5327	1	haw
jaw	13	62	3768	1	jaw
law	6	86	5664	1	law
ma	4	100	6065	1	ma_
mac	7	80	5392	1	mac
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
mat	5	80	8393	1	mat
mawn	9	44	2413	1	mawn
maws	9	64	3713	1	maws
max	12	90	4544	1	max
may	8	87	5762	1	may
mew	8	61	3773	1	mew
mow	8	66	5035	1	mow
naw	6	63	4649	1	naw
paw	8	76	5117	1	paw
raw	6	72	5225	1	raw
saw	6	82	5535	1	saw
taw	6	101	5545	1	taw
vaw	9	59	3746	1	vaw
waw	9	70	4638	1	waw
yaw	9	71	4515	1	yaw

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	31	0.203	25349.8
3	Display Results	31	31	0.016	1937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	31	0.329	543133.7