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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “akelas” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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27 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
akelas	10	3	1119	(None)
akela	9	3	1134	1	akela_
abeles	8	47	1939	2	abeles
abelias	9	32	1358	2	abelias
akees	9	61	1924	2	ake_es
akenes	10	48	1734	2	akenes
alas	4	63	5812	2	a__las
amebas	10	3	1145	2	amebas
aneles	6	46	2629	2	aneles
anlas	5	56	2693	2	a_nlas
areas	5	59	3579	2	are_as
arecas	8	48	1745	2	arecas
arenas	6	50	2201	2	arenas
areolas	7	10	1387	2	areolas
arepas	8	55	1571	2	arepas
atlas	5	58	2158	2	a_tlas
axels	12	63	1363	2	axel_s
chelas	11	38	1720	2	chelas
favelas	13	3	702	2	favelas
keas	8	63	3710	2	_ke_as
kelps	11	51	1642	2	_kelps
kelts	9	52	2263	2	_kelts
kolas	9	48	2223	2	_kolas
pakehas	16	3	531	2	pakehas
skells	10	50	1378	2	skells
skelms	12	36	802	2	skelms
skelps	12	40	792	2	skelps

Search took 8 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	0.673	265514.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	6.890	11981.3
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	7.579	23577.1