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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “alack” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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95 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
alack	11	48	2006	(None)
aback	13	48	1617	1	aback
black	13	47	1907	1	black
clack	13	47	2017	1	clack
flack	14	45	1941	1	flack
lack	10	58	3768	1	_lack
plack	13	50	1784	1	plack
slack	11	50	2176	1	slack
abaca	9	51	1804	2	abaca
abaci	9	47	1884	2	abaci
acock	13	21	1021	2	acock
ala	3	124	6360	2	ala__
alae	4	56	4375	2	ala_e
alamo	7	4	1814	2	alamo
alan	4	68	4408	2	ala_n
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
alar	4	63	4007	2	ala_r
alarm	7	66	2142	2	alarm
alary	8	61	2344	2	alary
alas	4	63	5812	2	ala_s
alaska	10	3	671	2	alaska
alate	5	53	4032	2	alate
alec	6	64	3006	2	alec_
alecs	7	66	2073	2	alecs
alpaca	10	4	738	2	alpaca
amuck	13	8	956	2	amuck
anlace	8	25	1392	2	anlace
apace	9	47	1838	2	apace
arak	8	69	2957	2	ara_k
arrack	12	11	1025	2	arrack
attack	12	14	815	2	attack
back	12	55	3576	2	_back
blacks	14	49	1495	2	blacks
blank	11	54	1855	2	blank
block	13	49	1784	2	block
calpack	17	33	833	2	calpack
carack	14	21	1317	2	carack
clach	12	46	1782	2	clach
clacks	14	45	1634	2	clacks
clank	11	47	1952	2	clank
click	13	52	1795	2	click
clock	13	49	1798	2	clock
cluck	13	49	1489	2	cluck
crack	13	41	2053	2	crack
flacks	15	41	1453	2	flacks
flak	11	60	2617	2	fla_k
flank	12	46	1809	2	flank
flask	12	55	1242	2	flask
fleck	14	82	1359	2	fleck
flick	14	50	1721	2	flick
flock	14	47	1742	2	flock
glace	8	74	2015	2	glace
hack	13	51	3454	2	_hack
jack	17	52	2486	2	_jack
klick	10	53	1143	2	klick
knack	10	43	1104	2	knack
kyack	13	46	826	2	kyack
lac	5	101	5582	2	_lac_
lace	6	68	4847	2	_lace
lacks	11	61	2920	2	_lacks
lacs	6	69	4248	2	_lacs
lacy	9	58	2963	2	_lacy
lank	8	47	3445	2	_lank
lark	8	57	3386	2	_lark
lick	10	69	3507	2	_lick
lock	10	61	3436	2	_lock
luck	10	53	2982	2	_luck
mack	12	57	3365	2	_mack
pack	12	55	3544	2	_pack
palace	10	45	1691	2	palace
place	9	48	2461	2	place
placks	14	44	1415	2	placks
plank	11	52	2114	2	plank
pluck	13	42	1230	2	pluck
quack	20	38	1250	2	quack
rack	10	62	3488	2	_rack
sack	10	53	3731	2	_sack
shack	14	53	2175	2	shack
slacks	12	44	1653	2	slacks
slank	9	58	2277	2	slank
slick	11	55	2052	2	slick
smack	13	46	1545	2	smack
snack	11	47	1806	2	snack
stack	11	44	2169	2	stack
tack	10	65	3629	2	_tack
thack	14	49	1517	2	thack
track	11	48	2301	2	track
wack	13	53	3091	2	_wack
whack	17	48	1302	2	whack
wrack	14	54	1388	2	wrack
yack	13	54	2597	2	_yack

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	53800	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	95	1.656	32487.9
3	Display Results	95	95	0.016	5937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	95	1.998	89434.9