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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “samosa” 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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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
samosa	8	5	1020	(None)
samosas	9	3	930	1	samosas
camisa	10	31	1432	2	camisa
camos	9	59	2761	2	camos_
mimosa	10	3	636	2	mimosa
ramona	8	4	1241	2	ramona
ramose	8	3	1440	2	ramose
sagos	6	61	2387	2	sagos_
salsa	5	67	1892	2	sa_lsa
samara	8	3	1385	2	samara
samba	9	56	1877	2	sam_ba
sambas	10	42	1926	2	sambas
sambos	10	43	1519	2	sambos_
samovar	12	4	424	2	samovar
samps	9	61	2467	2	samps_
sapota	8	3	1021	2	sapota
saros	5	52	3806	2	saros_
serosa	6	3	1302	2	serosa
shamos	11	42	1698	2	shamos_
sumos	7	57	2009	2	sumos_
vamose	11	5	928	2	vamose

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.296	35954.3
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.702	66132.9