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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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112 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
clash	10	62	1903	(None)
calash	11	3	1243	1	calash
cash	9	66	3628	1	c_ash
clach	12	46	1782	1	clach
clasp	9	55	1719	1	clasp
class	7	55	2548	1	class
clast	7	60	3058	1	clast
crash	10	91	2001	1	crash
flash	11	57	1621	1	flash
lash	7	65	3965	1	_lash
plash	10	46	1656	1	plash
slash	8	47	1968	1	slash
abash	10	60	1651	2	abash
alas	4	63	5812	2	alas_
ash	6	79	4460	2	__ash
awash	11	66	1316	2	awash
bash	9	152	4016	2	_bash
blah	9	86	2506	2	bla_h
blahs	10	56	1651	2	blahs
blase	7	55	2423	2	blase
blast	7	65	3257	2	blast
blush	10	51	1531	2	blush
brash	10	62	2156	2	brash
caph	11	66	2329	2	c_aph
casa	6	56	3086	2	c_asa
case	6	58	4808	2	c_ase
cask	10	56	2643	2	c_ask
cast	6	71	5990	2	c_ast
cease	7	52	2765	2	cease
chase	10	51	2712	2	chase
chasm	12	55	1879	2	chasm
clachs	13	35	1132	2	clachs
clack	13	47	2017	2	clack
clad	7	62	2582	2	cla_d
clade	8	58	2101	2	clade
clads	8	57	2273	2	clads
clag	7	59	2457	2	cla_g
clags	8	56	2112	2	clags
claim	9	56	1691	2	claim
clam	8	63	3229	2	cla_m
clamp	11	55	1765	2	clamp
clams	9	51	2767	2	clams
clan	6	56	3392	2	cla_n
clang	8	60	1931	2	clang
clank	11	47	1952	2	clank
clans	7	50	3101	2	clans
clap	8	64	2904	2	cla_p
claps	9	56	2618	2	claps
clapt	9	80	2717	2	clapt
claro	7	50	1869	2	claro
clary	10	57	1961	2	clary
clashed	13	36	1401	2	clashed
clasher	12	46	1551	2	clasher
clashes	12	40	1728	2	clashes
clasps	10	45	1209	2	clasps
claspt	10	45	1341	2	claspt
classy	11	37	904	2	classy
clasts	8	48	1729	2	clasts
clause	8	43	1150	2	clause
clave	10	54	2015	2	clave
clavi	10	49	1292	2	clavi
claw	9	56	2434	2	cla_w
claws	10	60	2083	2	claws
clay	9	59	2741	2	cla_y
clayish	15	4	794	2	clayish
clays	10	55	2133	2	clays
close	7	64	2522	2	close
cloth	10	58	1754	2	cloth
coach	12	59	1945	2	coach
coast	7	52	3627	2	coast
colas	7	54	3677	2	colas_
cosh	9	61	2762	2	c_osh
crass	7	63	2804	2	crass
crush	10	68	1599	2	crush
cuish	10	3	1317	2	cuish
dash	8	70	3163	2	_dash
deash	9	56	1724	2	deash
fash	10	72	3229	2	_fash
flashy	15	49	817	2	flashy
flask	12	55	1242	2	flask
flesh	11	50	1374	2	flesh
flush	11	51	1607	2	flush
gash	8	68	3302	2	_gash
glass	6	55	1813	2	glass
gnash	9	44	983	2	gnash
hash	10	69	3650	2	_hash
lakh	11	49	1995	2	_lakh
las	3	72	8147	2	_las_
lase	4	61	4851	2	_lase
lass	4	74	4454	2	_lass
last	4	62	6032	2	_last
lath	7	66	4038	2	_lath
leash	8	55	1921	2	leash
lush	7	53	2769	2	_lush
mash	9	60	3940	2	_mash
pash	9	56	3813	2	_pash
plashy	14	44	887	2	plashy
plasm	9	41	1463	2	plasm
plush	10	56	1471	2	plush
quash	17	45	1216	2	quash
rash	7	60	3993	2	_rash
sash	7	72	3530	2	_sash
slosh	8	45	1448	2	slosh
slush	8	53	1657	2	slush
smash	10	48	1443	2	smash
snash	8	48	1567	2	snash
splash	11	6	882	2	splash
stash	8	49	1697	2	stash
swash	11	63	1675	2	swash
trash	8	61	1976	2	trash
unlash	9	3	879	2	unlash
wash	10	60	3381	2	_wash

Search took 3 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	53800	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	112	2.783	19331.7
3	Display Results	112	112	0.030	3733.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	112	2.889	61852.2