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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pappadam” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

22 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
pappadam	14	4	323	(None)
papadam	14	8	691	1	pa_padam
pappadams	15	4	214	1	pappadams
papadams	15	10	478	2	pa_padams
papadom	14	6	676	2	pa_padom
papadum	14	7	523	2	pa_padum
poppadom	14	6	257	2	poppadom
poppadum	14	5	248	2	poppadum
apparat	11	7	1171	3	_apparat
macadam	14	4	685	3	ma_cadam
pachadom	18	4	418	3	pachadom
panada	9	41	1305	3	pa_nada_
panadas	10	33	1221	3	pa_nadas
papadoms	15	7	592	3	pa_padoms
papadums	15	7	385	3	pa_padums
papaya	13	3	750	3	pa_paya_
papayan	14	4	530	3	pa_payan
papayas	14	3	727	3	pa_payas
pashadom	16	4	384	3	pashadom
poppadoms	15	7	258	3	poppadoms
poppadums	15	7	199	3	poppadums
puppydom	17	5	172	3	puppydom

Search took 8 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	6.970	20970.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.409	24118.1