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

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

25 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
saliva	9	31	1074	(None)
salina	6	42	2112	1	salina
salivas	10	30	960	1	salivas
salvia	9	33	1075	1	salvia
ajiva	15	8	680	2	_ajiva
alive	8	57	2251	2	_alive
aliya	8	37	1348	2	_aliya
halva	11	54	1443	2	hal_va
saiga	6	47	1793	2	sa_iga
salic	7	34	2471	2	sali_c
salify	12	3	1137	2	salify
salinas	7	31	1609	2	salinas
saline	6	51	3270	2	saline
salivary	14	4	473	2	salivary
salivate	11	3	1001	2	salivate
salpa	7	50	1835	2	sal_pa
salsa	5	67	1892	2	sal_sa
salve	8	50	2213	2	sal_ve
salvias	10	27	993	2	salvias
salvo	8	44	1564	2	sal_vo
selva	8	30	1427	2	sel_va
shiva	11	59	1500	2	s_hiva
silica	8	3	1124	2	silica
silva	8	27	1402	2	sil_va
sylva	11	26	844	2	syl_va

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.376	34743.7
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	2.749	65002.2