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

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

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.

24 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
fatwa	11	6	806	(None)
fatwas	12	4	905	1	fatwas
atma	6	81	2177	2	_atma
awa	6	119	3967	2	_a_wa
data	5	60	2665	2	dat_a
facia	10	32	1846	2	facia
faena	8	50	1420	2	faena
fanga	9	61	1962	2	fanga
fat	6	81	7808	2	fat__
fatal	8	48	1937	2	fatal
fate	7	54	4428	2	fat_e
fated	9	56	3213	2	fated
fates	8	51	3923	2	fates
fatly	11	57	1680	2	fatly
fats	7	62	5250	2	fat_s
fatso	8	51	1349	2	fatso
fatty	11	51	1741	2	fatty
fauna	8	48	1651	2	fauna
fava	10	68	2026	2	fa_va
fawn	10	53	2195	2	fa_wn
feta	7	65	2890	2	fet_a
kata	8	56	2602	2	kat_a
matza	16	3	1181	2	matza
twa	6	77	2164	2	__twa

Search took 2 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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	24	1.436	37465.2
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	1.765	101241.4