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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nawab” 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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27 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
nawab	10	8	1092	(None)
nawabs	11	8	506	1	nawabs
awa	6	119	3967	2	_awa_
away	10	80	2422	2	_away
jawan	15	7	1038	2	jawan
kabab	13	48	1443	2	kabab
naan	4	76	2193	2	na_an
nab	5	69	5492	2	n__ab
nabob	9	39	1373	2	nabob
nada	5	80	2290	2	nada_
nadas	6	63	2081	2	nadas
naiad	6	3	1340	2	naiad
nala	4	69	3039	2	nala_
nalas	5	55	2836	2	nalas
nana	4	66	3289	2	nana_
nanas	5	59	2863	2	nanas
napa	6	69	2726	2	napa_
napas	7	59	2435	2	napas
narwal	9	3	894	2	narwal
nasal	5	62	1759	2	nasal
natal	5	39	2149	2	natal
naval	8	53	1583	2	naval
navar	8	39	1273	2	navar
naw	6	63	4649	2	naw__
noway	11	11	1284	2	noway
swab	9	68	2531	2	_swab
wab	8	70	5183	2	__wab

Search took 5 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	53800	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	27	3.843	13999.5
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	4.029	44351.2