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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
tau	3	68	5690	(None)
eau	3	74	5094	1	eau
sau	3	63	5657	1	sau
ta	2	116	6245	1	ta_
tab	5	74	6032	1	tab
tabu	6	63	2849	1	tabu
tad	4	79	5982	1	tad
tae	3	82	6705	1	tae
tag	4	72	5949	1	tag
taj	10	64	4219	1	taj
tam	5	86	6342	1	tam
tan	3	71	6756	1	tan
tao	3	83	5895	1	tao
tap	5	76	6387	1	tap
tar	3	75	7069	1	tar
tas	3	84	7710	1	tas
tat	3	76	9029	1	tat
taus	4	63	4273	1	taus
taut	4	70	4896	1	taut
tav	6	60	4321	1	tav
taw	6	101	5545	1	taw
tax	10	94	4915	1	tax
vau	6	68	4087	1	vau

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.046	3884587.0
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	23	0.093	55333.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.139	1285546.8