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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “imbalm” 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.

19 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
imbalm	12	4	632	(None)
embalm	12	3	665	1	embalm
imbalms	13	3	455	1	imbalms
balm	8	55	3420	2	__balm
cimbalom	16	4	244	2	cimbalom
embalms	13	3	533	2	embalms
gimbal	11	22	881	2	gimbal_
gimbals	12	25	782	2	gimbals
imam	8	17	1833	2	im_a_m
imaum	9	13	964	2	im_aum
imbalmed	15	4	329	2	imbalmed
imbalmer	14	4	319	2	imbalmer
imbark	14	34	786	2	imbark
impala	10	25	693	2	impala
impale	10	28	1166	2	impale
malm	8	51	2998	2	_m_alm
timbal	10	25	1075	2	timbal_
timbale	11	24	880	2	timbale
timbals	11	23	953	2	timbals

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	82551	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.313	35690.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.689	66452.6