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

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

25 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
shallop	12	34	845	(None)
scallop	11	23	764	1	scallop
shallops	13	28	832	1	shallops
shallot	10	36	1413	1	shallot
shallow	13	38	887	1	shallow
challot	12	36	1326	2	challot
escallop	12	4	319	2	escallop
gallop	9	33	1138	2	_gallop
hallo	8	51	2755	2	_hallo_
halloa	9	49	1812	2	_halloa
halloo	9	51	1897	2	_halloo
hallos	9	54	2510	2	_hallos
hallot	9	54	2678	2	_hallot
hallow	12	48	1832	2	_hallow
sallow	9	43	1575	2	s_allow
saloop	8	42	1258	2	s_aloop
scallops	12	29	739	2	scallops
scollop	11	27	543	2	scollop
shall	8	50	2405	2	shall__
shalloon	11	4	568	2	shalloon
shallots	11	31	950	2	shallots
shallows	14	38	886	2	shallows
shalom	11	8	1092	2	sha_lom
swallow	13	35	575	2	swallow
wallop	11	33	1029	2	_wallop

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.000	35890.3
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.376	52929.8