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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “challoth” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

9 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
challoth	16	31	610	(None)
challot	12	36	1326	1	challot_
chaloth	15	29	860	1	cha_loth
halloth	13	41	1125	1	_halloth
challah	15	45	832	2	chall_ah
chalot	11	30	2013	2	cha_lot_
hallot	9	54	2678	2	_hallot_
shallot	10	36	1413	2	shallot_
shallots	11	31	950	2	shallots

Search took 5 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	9	3.733	32429.4
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	4.123	43340.0