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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “calpac” 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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26 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
calpac	12	32	1106	(None)
calpack	17	33	833	1	calpack
calpacs	13	31	1034	1	calpacs
kalpac	14	42	822	1	kalpac
alpaca	10	4	738	2	_alpaca
calcar	10	3	1275	2	calcar
calcic	9	3	1187	2	calcic
calla	7	48	2707	2	calla_
callan	8	36	1960	2	callan
callas	8	45	2675	2	callas
calpacks	18	26	652	2	calpacks
calpain	11	3	1041	2	calpain
carpal	10	37	1625	2	carpal
celiac	10	19	1043	2	celiac
champac	18	3	495	2	champac
culpa	9	36	1096	2	culpa_
culpae	10	38	926	2	culpae
galyac	12	3	597	2	galyac
kalpa	11	45	1219	2	kalpa_
kalpacs	15	32	713	2	kalpacs
kalpak	11	43	724	2	kalpak
kalpas	12	41	1294	2	kalpas
palpal	10	41	1205	2	palpal
salpa	7	50	1835	2	salpa_
salpae	8	46	1427	2	salpae
salpas	8	51	1692	2	salpas

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	82551	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.700	30574.4
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	3.092	57791.4