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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “moolahs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 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
moolahs	12	34	738	(None)
mollahs	12	32	828	1	mollahs
moolah	11	40	919	1	moolah_
moolas	8	36	1559	1	moola_s
coolths	12	3	601	2	coolths
hookahs	17	44	665	2	hookahs
hoorahs	13	39	960	2	hoorahs
loofahs	13	36	462	2	loofahs
molars	8	55	1732	2	m_olars
molas	7	51	3209	2	m_ola_s
mollah	11	31	945	2	mollah_
molochs	14	3	522	2	molochs
moola	7	51	1703	2	moola__
mooleys	12	3	686	2	mooleys
mools	7	60	2717	2	mool__s
mullahs	12	38	873	2	mullahs

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	16	3.046	35348.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.438	51975.3