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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ala” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
ala	3	124	6360	(None)
aa	2	191	7995	1	a_a
aal	3	90	5867	1	aal
aba	5	128	5095	1	aba
aga	4	104	4723	1	aga
aha	6	112	4664	1	aha
al	2	106	7404	1	al_
alae	4	56	4375	1	alae
alan	4	68	4408	1	alan
alar	4	63	4007	1	alar
alas	4	63	5812	1	alas
alb	5	73	4265	1	alb
alba	6	83	2833	1	alba
ale	3	65	7234	1	ale
alfa	7	76	2427	1	alfa
alga	5	79	2760	1	alga
all	3	61	4823	1	all
alma	6	63	3302	1	alma
alp	5	66	4113	1	alp
als	3	66	6302	1	als
alt	3	64	6796	1	alt
ama	5	108	5330	1	ama
ana	3	95	5982	1	ana
ava	6	101	3932	1	ava
awa	6	119	3967	1	awa
gala	5	56	3516	1	gala
la	2	192	6163	1	_la
nala	4	69	3039	1	nala
tala	4	59	3805	1	tala
aah	6	162	5296	2	aah
aals	4	99	4114	2	aals
aas	3	109	7539	2	aas
ab	4	106	7476	2	a_b
abas	6	86	4208	2	abas
abba	8	105	2264	2	abba
able	6	63	4053	2	able
ably	9	97	2513	2	ably
abo	5	90	4596	2	abo
abs	5	93	5607	2	abs
aby	8	102	3806	2	aby
ace	5	96	5683	2	ace
act	5	95	5784	2	act
acta	6	95	2480	2	acta
ad	3	119	7503	2	a_d
add	5	101	3236	2	add
ado	4	91	4687	2	ado
ads	4	97	5573	2	ads
adz	13	123	3286	2	adz
ae	2	125	9029	2	a_e
afar	7	67	2078	2	afar
aff	9	55	3761	2	aff
aft	6	68	4901	2	aft
ag	3	110	6746	2	a_g
agar	5	87	2641	2	agar
agas	5	59	3884	2	agas
age	4	71	5433	2	age
agha	8	74	1730	2	agha
agly	8	68	2180	2	agly
agma	7	76	2326	2	agma
ago	4	88	4552	2	ago
ags	4	75	5166	2	ags
ah	5	138	6879	2	a_h
ahi	6	80	4023	2	ahi
ahs	6	86	4482	2	ahs
ai	2	112	8839	2	a_i
aid	4	92	6907	2	aid
ail	3	71	7104	2	ail
ails	4	56	5471	2	ails
aim	5	78	5821	2	aim
ain	3	75	7909	2	ain
air	3	80	5839	2	air
ais	3	90	8357	2	ais
ait	3	80	9390	2	ait
ajar	11	62	1770	2	ajar
akela	9	3	1134	2	akela
alack	11	48	2006	2	alack
alamo	7	4	1814	2	alamo
aland	6	55	2641	2	aland
alane	5	61	3561	2	alane
alang	6	60	2351	2	alang
alans	5	56	3617	2	alans
alant	5	57	4229	2	alant
alarm	7	66	2142	2	alarm
alary	8	61	2344	2	alary
alate	5	53	4032	2	alate
albas	7	59	2539	2	albas
albs	6	86	2857	2	albs
alec	6	64	3006	2	alec
alee	4	66	5232	2	alee
alef	7	63	4069	2	alef
ales	4	70	6710	2	ales
alfas	8	72	1904	2	alfas
algae	6	53	1962	2	algae
algal	6	65	1821	2	algal
algas	6	56	2493	2	algas
alias	5	58	3460	2	alias
alif	7	62	4213	2	alif
alit	4	61	5569	2	alit
aliya	8	37	1348	2	aliya
alky	11	59	2034	2	alky
allay	8	56	2039	2	allay
alls	4	67	4092	2	alls
ally	7	69	3564	2	ally
almah	10	69	1725	2	almah
almas	7	66	2977	2	almas
alme	6	58	3216	2	alme
alms	6	58	3492	2	alms
aloe	4	55	4019	2	aloe
aloha	8	5	1361	2	aloha
alow	7	53	2859	2	alow
alpha	10	4	965	2	alpha
alps	6	55	2924	2	alps
also	4	64	2344	2	also
altar	5	55	2064	2	altar
alto	4	78	3126	2	alto
alts	4	66	3990	2	alts
alula	5	3	1709	2	alula
alum	6	52	2761	2	alum
alway	11	61	1392	2	alway
am	4	118	7556	2	a_m
amah	9	89	2748	2	amah
amas	6	77	4629	2	amas
ami	5	66	4680	2	ami
amia	6	68	3689	2	amia
amp	7	75	4102	2	amp
amu	5	82	3732	2	amu
an	2	118	7907	2	a_n
anal	4	80	3752	2	anal
anas	4	66	4986	2	anas
and	4	72	4416	2	and
ane	3	78	6694	2	ane
anga	5	68	3135	2	anga
ani	3	77	5117	2	ani
anlas	5	56	2693	2	anlas
anna	4	55	2901	2	anna
anoa	4	56	3447	2	anoa
ansa	4	59	2777	2	ansa
ant	3	72	7078	2	ant
anta	4	68	3958	2	anta
any	6	84	4048	2	any
ape	5	72	5118	2	ape
apo	5	111	4212	2	apo
app	7	68	2760	2	app
apt	5	73	5254	2	apt
aqua	13	28	1396	2	aqua
ar	2	113	7938	2	a_r
arak	8	69	2957	2	arak
arb	5	104	4842	2	arb
arc	5	102	5090	2	arc
are	3	78	7457	2	are
area	4	58	4339	2	area
arf	6	74	5337	2	arf
aria	4	62	4542	2	aria
ark	7	70	4496	2	ark
arm	5	84	4962	2	arm
ars	3	76	7093	2	ars
art	3	86	7914	2	art
as	2	110	8307	2	a_s
asea	4	63	2718	2	asea
ash	6	79	4460	2	ash
ask	7	71	3070	2	ask
asp	5	72	3534	2	asp
ass	3	78	4406	2	ass
asyla	8	3	933	2	asyla
at	2	123	9340	2	a_t
atap	6	67	2245	2	atap
ate	3	70	5924	2	ate
atlas	5	58	2158	2	atlas
atma	6	81	2177	2	atma
att	3	54	5465	2	att
auk	7	62	3414	2	auk
auld	5	41	2536	2	auld
aura	4	58	3625	2	aura
ave	6	77	4870	2	ave
avo	6	89	3623	2	avo
aw	5	125	6340	2	a_w
away	10	80	2422	2	away
awe	6	77	4662	2	awe
awl	6	76	3530	2	awl
awls	7	59	2609	2	awls
awn	6	80	3591	2	awn
ax	9	110	5778	2	a_x
axal	11	65	2049	2	axal
axe	10	82	3949	2	axe
axle	11	64	2460	2	axle
ay	5	117	7389	2	a_y
ayah	10	80	2299	2	ayah
aye	6	71	5176	2	aye
ays	6	70	5029	2	ays
azan	13	65	2178	2	azan
azo	12	82	3339	2	azo
ba	4	99	6234	2	_ba
baa	5	106	5042	2	baa
baal	6	70	3311	2	baal
baba	8	88	2834	2	baba
bal	5	66	6272	2	bal_
balas	7	69	3721	2	balas
bald	7	64	3290	2	bald
bale	6	63	5384	2	bale
balk	10	51	3222	2	balk
ball	6	60	4332	2	ball
balm	8	55	3420	2	balm
bals	6	63	5404	2	bals
balsa	7	79	2041	2	balsa
blab	8	66	2913	2	blab
blae	6	61	3464	2	blae
blah	9	86	2506	2	blah
blam	8	61	3170	2	blam
blat	6	65	5095	2	blat
blaw	9	70	2672	2	blaw
boa	5	69	5403	2	boa
bola	6	60	3556	2	bola
bra	5	63	3946	2	bra
caca	8	55	2808	2	caca
calf	9	63	3956	2	calf
calk	10	55	2766	2	calk
call	6	68	3867	2	call
calla	7	48	2707	2	calla
calm	8	50	3236	2	calm
calo	6	49	3644	2	calo
calx	13	57	2279	2	calx
casa	6	56	3086	2	casa
clad	7	62	2582	2	clad
clag	7	59	2457	2	clag
clam	8	63	3229	2	clam
clan	6	56	3392	2	clan
clap	8	64	2904	2	clap
claw	9	56	2434	2	claw
clay	9	59	2741	2	clay
coala	7	75	2112	2	coala
cola	6	65	4139	2	cola
dada	6	64	2244	2	dada
dal	4	75	5495	2	dal_
dale	5	56	4398	2	dale
dals	5	71	4512	2	dals
data	5	60	2665	2	data
el	2	67	4529	2	el_
elan	4	67	3424	2	elan
eld	4	67	3379	2	eld
elf	6	61	3852	2	elf
elk	7	67	2612	2	elk
ell	3	67	3568	2	ell
elm	5	75	3174	2	elm
els	3	76	4572	2	els
era	3	57	4150	2	era
eta	3	58	3419	2	eta
fa	5	101	4845	2	_fa
fall	7	55	3531	2	fall
falx	14	71	2078	2	falx
fava	10	68	2026	2	fava
fila	7	47	2913	2	fila
flab	9	66	2835	2	flab
flag	8	74	2708	2	flag
flak	11	60	2617	2	flak
flam	9	63	3329	2	flam
flan	7	61	3418	2	flan
flap	9	61	2870	2	flap
flat	7	71	4782	2	flat
flaw	10	63	2664	2	flaw
flax	14	73	2563	2	flax
flay	10	63	3280	2	flay
flea	7	56	2849	2	flea
flu	6	65	3021	2	flu
fly	9	71	2495	2	fly
gaga	6	66	2555	2	gaga
gal	4	60	5551	2	gal_
galah	9	59	1762	2	galah
galas	6	57	3164	2	galas
galax	13	53	1446	2	galax
gale	5	63	4732	2	gale
galea	6	47	2293	2	galea
gall	5	63	3599	2	gall
gals	5	79	4650	2	gals
gama	7	70	3551	2	gama
glad	6	56	2401	2	glad
glam	7	65	2934	2	glam
glia	5	64	2315	2	glia
goa	4	73	4380	2	goa
ha	5	102	5994	2	_ha
haha	10	78	2106	2	haha
halal	8	56	2359	2	halal
hale	7	60	5283	2	hale
half	10	62	3845	2	half
hall	7	57	4116	2	hall
halm	9	58	3497	2	halm
halma	10	82	1925	2	halma
halo	7	64	3732	2	halo
halt	7	60	5630	2	halt
halva	11	54	1443	2	halva
hila	7	62	2835	2	hila
hula	7	49	2375	2	hula
hyla	10	67	1651	2	hyla
ilea	4	59	3146	2	ilea
ilia	4	60	2681	2	ilia
ilk	7	83	2530	2	ilk
ilka	8	72	1515	2	ilka
ill	3	74	3709	2	ill
jalap	14	36	1247	2	jalap
java	14	73	1664	2	java
ka	6	91	4508	2	_ka
kaka	7	65	1868	2	kaka
kalam	11	3	1511	2	kalam
kale	8	65	3375	2	kale
kalpa	11	45	1219	2	kalpa
kana	8	59	2852	2	kana
kapa	10	60	2129	2	kapa
kata	8	56	2602	2	kata
kava	11	58	1970	2	kava
kea	7	65	4091	2	kea
koa	7	67	3777	2	koa
koala	9	51	1221	2	koala
kola	8	51	2496	2	kola
lab	5	88	6478	2	lab
lac	5	101	5582	2	lac
lad	4	81	6570	2	lad
lag	4	78	6212	2	lag
lall	4	55	3131	2	lall
lam	5	76	6671	2	lam
lama	6	66	3529	2	lama
lap	5	85	6527	2	lap
lar	3	79	6753	2	lar
las	3	72	8147	2	las
lat	3	75	9340	2	lat
lav	6	68	4734	2	lav
lava	7	67	2542	2	lava
law	6	86	5664	2	law
lax	10	76	5152	2	lax
lay	6	88	6535	2	lay
lea	3	76	6018	2	lea
li	2	99	4875	2	_li
lo	2	80	5344	2	_lo
ma	4	100	6065	2	_ma
malar	7	64	2444	2	malar
male	6	60	5229	2	male
mall	6	46	3936	2	mall
malm	8	51	2997	2	malm
malt	6	62	5480	2	malt
mama	8	62	3158	2	mama
mana	6	53	4194	2	mana
mara	6	74	4456	2	mara
masa	6	50	3471	2	masa
maya	9	58	2458	2	maya
moa	5	72	4918	2	moa
mola	6	60	3563	2	mola
na	2	86	5248	2	_na
nada	5	80	2290	2	nada
nalas	5	55	2836	2	nalas
nana	4	66	3289	2	nana
napa	6	69	2726	2	napa
nyala	8	3	682	2	nyala
oba	5	75	3155	2	oba
oca	5	67	3173	2	oca
oda	4	81	3304	2	oda
oka	7	69	2680	2	oka
old	4	70	3346	2	old
ole	3	71	5521	2	ole
olea	4	65	3272	2	olea
olla	4	48	2117	2	olla
ora	3	72	5083	2	ora
ova	6	68	2379	2	ova
pa	4	104	5648	2	_pa
paca	8	51	3224	2	paca
pal	5	67	6167	2	pal_
pale	6	60	5501	2	pale
palea	7	50	2866	2	palea
pall	6	50	3934	2	pall
palm	8	53	3136	2	palm
palp	8	58	2857	2	palp
pals	6	69	5135	2	pals
paly	9	58	3553	2	paly
papa	8	58	2714	2	papa
para	6	52	4217	2	para
pea	5	66	5724	2	pea
pia	5	68	4803	2	pia
plan	6	58	3394	2	plan
plat	6	60	4887	2	plat
play	9	59	2898	2	play
plea	6	68	3060	2	plea
ply	8	63	2355	2	ply
pula	6	51	2937	2	pula
pya	8	70	2375	2	pya
qua	12	48	2197	2	qua
raga	5	59	3081	2	raga
raia	4	66	3838	2	raia
raja	11	79	1868	2	raja
rale	4	50	5056	2	rale
raya	7	52	2482	2	raya
ria	3	67	4550	2	ria
rya	6	76	2201	2	rya
saga	5	53	3117	2	saga
sal	3	64	6288	2	sal_
salad	6	53	2183	2	salad
salal	5	54	2570	2	salal
sale	4	49	5970	2	sale
sall	4	45	4468	2	sall
salp	6	45	3409	2	salp
salpa	7	50	1835	2	salpa
sals	4	68	5167	2	sals
salsa	5	67	1892	2	salsa
salt	4	57	5852	2	salt
sea	3	61	6129	2	sea
sha	6	98	3778	2	sha
ska	7	69	2586	2	ska
slab	6	71	3376	2	slab
slag	5	59	3435	2	slag
slam	6	77	3797	2	slam
slap	6	64	3404	2	slap
slat	4	69	5902	2	slat
slaw	7	79	3071	2	slaw
slay	7	64	3638	2	slay
sly	6	62	2856	2	sly
sola	4	55	4186	2	sola
spa	5	57	3081	2	spa
ta	2	116	6245	2	_ta
tabla	7	33	1836	2	tabla
taka	8	76	2359	2	taka
talar	5	62	2538	2	talar
talas	5	59	3589	2	talas
talc	6	62	2681	2	talc
tale	4	61	5416	2	tale
tali	4	68	3716	2	tali
talk	8	62	3009	2	talk
tall	4	72	4021	2	tall
tapa	6	51	2914	2	tapa
taxa	11	68	2009	2	taxa
tea	3	73	5332	2	tea
tela	4	55	3297	2	tela
tola	4	52	3633	2	tola
twa	6	77	2164	2	twa
ulan	4	65	2739	2	ulan
ulna	4	63	1732	2	ulna
ulu	3	60	2870	2	ulu
ulva	7	54	1269	2	ulva
uta	3	74	2558	2	uta
vale	7	49	3734	2	vale
vara	7	55	3088	2	vara
vasa	7	65	2297	2	vasa
vela	7	57	2554	2	vela
via	6	56	3624	2	via
wale	7	45	4643	2	wale
walk	11	56	2561	2	walk
wall	7	62	3610	2	wall
walla	8	53	2103	2	walla
waly	10	58	3090	2	waly
wha	9	64	2207	2	wha
ya	5	102	5150	2	_ya
yald	8	69	2060	2	yald
yea	6	64	4575	2	yea
za	11	149	3920	2	_za
zoa	12	85	2999	2	zoa

Search took 1 second 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	14084	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	14084	450	0.436	32302.8
3	Display Results	450	450	0.093	4838.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	450	0.592	301842.9