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

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

24 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
sholom	11	9	1011	(None)
shalom	11	8	1092	1	shalom
sholoms	12	7	803	1	sholoms
cholo	10	52	1797	2	cholo_
cholos	11	47	1685	2	cholos
holm	9	56	2811	2	_hol_m
shaloms	12	8	898	2	shaloms
shoo	7	59	2989	2	sho_o_
shook	12	49	2016	2	sho_ok
shool	8	45	2315	2	sho_ol
shools	9	49	1901	2	shools
shoon	8	40	2201	2	sho_on
shoos	8	42	2636	2	sho_os
shoot	8	42	3591	2	sho_ot
slalom	8	8	817	2	slalom
sodom	8	8	1491	2	s_odom
solo	4	55	3894	2	s_olo_
solon	5	50	2613	2	s_olon
solos	5	48	3079	2	s_olos
solum	7	47	1761	2	s_olum
stolon	6	41	1207	2	stolon
tholoi	9	33	923	2	tholoi
tholos	9	42	1300	2	tholos
whilom	14	3	613	2	whilom

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	2.346	35188.0
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.702	66132.9