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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “calamus” 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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16 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
calamus	11	3	924	(None)
alamos	8	4	1500	2	_alamos
calamar	11	4	929	2	calamar
calamars	12	3	813	2	calamars
calami	10	3	1342	2	calam_i
calathus	13	4	502	2	calathus
callous	9	35	1660	2	callous
callus	8	53	1707	2	cal_lus
calms	9	52	2235	2	cal_m_s
chlamys	17	3	378	2	chlamys
clamps	12	45	1508	2	c_lamps
clams	9	51	2767	2	c_lam_s
clavus	11	34	735	2	c_lavus
kalams	12	3	1060	2	kalam_s
salamis	9	3	1351	2	salamis
thalamus	13	4	360	2	thalamus

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.766	28590.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.906	45747.8