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

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

13 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
salaams	9	9	770	(None)
salaam	8	7	1101	1	salaam_
alarms	8	59	1305	2	_alarms
balsams	11	57	901	2	balsams
kalams	12	3	1060	2	kal_ams
salaamed	11	3	462	2	salaamed
salads	7	53	1696	2	sal_ads
salals	6	51	2008	2	sal_als
salami	8	3	1310	2	sal_ami
salamis	9	3	1351	2	salamis
salpas	8	51	1692	2	salpa_s
salsas	6	53	1613	2	salsa_s
slams	7	49	2790	2	s_l_ams

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	13	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.549	50349.7