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

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

21 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
sabbats	11	3	863	(None)
sabbat	10	3	1471	1	sabbat_
sabbath	14	4	539	1	sabbath
sabbaths	15	4	397	1	sabbaths
abbas	9	59	1864	2	_abba_s
abbots	10	3	928	2	_abbots
gabbarts	13	4	406	2	gabbarts
rabats	8	31	1622	2	ra_bats
rabbets	11	27	942	2	rabbets
rabbits	11	29	986	2	rabbits
sabals	8	46	1886	2	sa_bals
sabbatic	14	4	532	2	sabbatic
sabbatics	15	4	339	2	sabbatics
sabots	8	3	1470	2	sa_bots
sabras	8	51	1636	2	sabra_s
sacbuts	11	6	647	2	sacbuts
sagbuts	10	6	522	2	sagbuts
sambals	11	52	1348	2	sambals
sambars	11	51	1384	2	sambars
sambas	10	42	1926	2	samba_s
subbass	11	3	803	2	subbass

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.688	48452.0