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

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

21 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
slablike	14	3	567	(None)
scablike	16	3	555	1	scablike
clamlike	16	3	516	2	clamlike
clawlike	17	3	391	2	clawlike
claylike	17	3	446	2	claylike
crablike	16	3	602	2	crablike
lamblike	16	3	615	2	_lamblike
lawlike	14	13	707	2	_lawlike
playlike	17	3	561	2	playlike
saclike	13	12	1012	2	s_aclike
saltlike	12	3	725	2	saltlike
sawlike	14	13	844	2	s_awlike
seallike	12	10	832	2	seallike
seamlike	14	12	718	2	seamlike
slatelike	13	4	615	2	slatelike
slitlike	12	3	530	2	slitlike
snaglike	13	3	528	2	snaglike
soaplike	14	3	690	2	soaplike
sparlike	14	3	767	2	sparlike
starlike	12	3	881	2	starlike
swanlike	15	3	531	2	swanlike

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.360	36029.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.766	47448.5