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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “plagal” 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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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
plagal	9	4	857	(None)
algal	6	65	1822	2	al_gal
lagan	6	65	2034	2	_lagan
legal	6	57	1594	2	_legal
pagan	8	61	2116	2	p_agan
palatal	9	3	1015	2	palatal
paleal	8	47	1667	2	paleal
palpal	10	41	1205	2	palpal
papal	9	58	2067	2	p_apal
pelagial	11	4	654	2	pelagial
plage	8	45	2040	2	plag_e
plages	9	45	2015	2	plages
plague	9	36	1085	2	plague
plaguy	12	38	641	2	plaguy
planar	8	42	1271	2	planar
platan	8	39	1369	2	platan
playa	10	58	1294	2	playa_
playas	11	46	1228	2	playas
plaza	16	43	1106	2	plaza_
plazas	17	40	991	2	plazas
plexal	15	3	684	2	plexal
plical	10	4	1168	2	plical
plural	8	3	982	2	plural
vagal	9	46	1363	2	_vagal

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	2.436	33887.9
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.796	63909.5