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

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

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
alas	4	63	5812	(None)
aals	4	99	4114	1	aals
aas	3	109	7539	1	a_as
abas	6	86	4208	1	abas
agas	5	59	3884	1	agas
ala	3	124	6360	1	ala_
alae	4	56	4375	1	alae
alan	4	68	4408	1	alan
alans	5	56	3617	1	alans
alar	4	63	4007	1	alar
albas	7	59	2539	1	albas
albs	6	86	2857	1	albs
ales	4	70	6710	1	ales
alfas	8	72	1904	1	alfas
algas	6	56	2493	1	algas
alias	5	58	3460	1	alias
alls	4	67	4092	1	alls
almas	7	66	2977	1	almas
alms	6	58	3492	1	alms
alps	6	55	2924	1	alps
als	3	66	6302	1	al_s
alts	4	66	3990	1	alts
amas	6	77	4629	1	amas
anas	4	66	4986	1	anas
anlas	5	56	2693	1	anlas
atlas	5	58	2158	1	atlas
balas	7	69	3721	1	balas
galas	6	57	3164	1	galas
las	3	72	8147	1	_las
nalas	5	55	2836	1	nalas
talas	5	59	3589	1	talas
aa	2	191	7995	2	a_a_
aah	6	162	5296	2	a_ah
aahs	7	164	2856	2	aahs
aal	3	90	5867	2	a_al
aba	5	128	5095	2	aba_
abase	7	60	2348	2	abase
abash	10	60	1651	2	abash
abbas	9	59	1864	2	abbas
ables	7	59	3554	2	ables
abos	6	77	3441	2	abos
abs	5	93	5607	2	a_bs
abys	9	72	2188	2	abys
aces	6	76	4509	2	aces
acts	6	69	2986	2	acts
adds	6	76	2245	2	adds
ados	5	76	3351	2	ados
ads	4	97	5573	2	a_ds
afar	7	67	2078	2	afar
afars	8	57	1651	2	afars
aga	4	104	4723	2	aga_
agar	5	87	2641	2	agar
agars	6	61	2064	2	agars
ages	5	58	4459	2	ages
aghas	9	70	1487	2	aghas
agmas	8	59	1987	2	agmas
ags	4	75	5166	2	a_gs
aha	6	112	4664	2	aha_
ahis	7	61	3538	2	ahis
ahs	6	86	4482	2	a_hs
aids	5	78	4635	2	aids
ails	4	56	5471	2	ails
aims	6	77	3818	2	aims
ains	4	61	5888	2	ains
airs	4	64	4742	2	airs
ais	3	90	8357	2	a_is
aits	4	63	5553	2	aits
ajar	11	62	1770	2	ajar
akelas	10	3	1119	2	akelas
al	2	106	7404	2	al__
alack	11	48	2006	2	alack
alamo	7	4	1814	2	alamo
alamos	8	4	1500	2	alamos
aland	6	55	2641	2	aland
alands	7	54	1837	2	alands
alane	5	61	3561	2	alane
alang	6	60	2351	2	alang
alant	5	57	4229	2	alant
alants	6	77	2202	2	alants
alarm	7	66	2142	2	alarm
alarms	8	59	1305	2	alarms
alary	8	61	2344	2	alary
alaska	10	3	671	2	alaska
alate	5	53	4032	2	alate
alates	6	48	3396	2	alates
alb	5	73	4265	2	al_b
alba	6	83	2833	2	alba
ale	3	65	7234	2	al_e
alec	6	64	3006	2	alec
alecs	7	66	2073	2	alecs
alee	4	66	5232	2	alee
alef	7	63	4069	2	alef
alefs	8	73	1966	2	alefs
alfa	7	76	2427	2	alfa
alga	5	79	2760	2	alga
algae	6	53	1962	2	algae
algal	6	65	1821	2	algal
alif	7	62	4213	2	alif
alifs	8	61	2126	2	alifs
alist	5	61	3678	2	alist
alit	4	61	5569	2	alit
aliyas	9	39	1180	2	aliyas
alky	11	59	2034	2	alky
all	3	61	4823	2	al_l
allay	8	56	2039	2	allay
allays	9	43	1374	2	allays
ally	7	69	3564	2	ally
alma	6	63	3302	2	alma
almah	10	69	1725	2	almah
almahs	11	86	1161	2	almahs
alme	6	58	3216	2	alme
almes	7	51	2654	2	almes
aloe	4	55	4019	2	aloe
aloes	5	49	3367	2	aloes
alohas	9	4	1170	2	alohas
alow	7	53	2859	2	alow
alp	5	66	4113	2	al_p
alphas	11	3	951	2	alphas
also	4	64	2344	2	also
alt	3	64	6796	2	al_t
altar	5	55	2064	2	altar
altars	6	45	1815	2	altars
alto	4	78	3126	2	alto
altos	5	58	2295	2	altos
alum	6	52	2761	2	alum
alums	7	57	2060	2	alums
alway	11	61	1392	2	alway
always	12	40	913	2	always
ama	5	108	5330	2	ama_
amah	9	89	2748	2	amah
amahs	10	78	1906	2	amahs
amass	7	71	1968	2	amass
amias	7	58	3146	2	amias
amis	6	64	4531	2	amis
amps	8	62	3034	2	amps
amus	6	55	2961	2	amus
ana	3	95	5982	2	ana_
anal	4	80	3752	2	anal
ands	5	78	3361	2	ands
anes	4	52	5593	2	anes
angas	6	58	2798	2	angas
anis	4	57	4646	2	anis
annas	5	58	2488	2	annas
anoas	5	72	2649	2	anoas
ansa	4	59	2777	2	ansa
antas	5	54	3203	2	antas
ants	4	72	4347	2	ants
anus	4	71	3111	2	anus
apes	6	60	4743	2	apes
apos	6	54	3382	2	apos
apps	8	63	1969	2	apps
aquas	14	24	1261	2	aquas
arak	8	69	2957	2	arak
araks	9	48	2088	2	araks
arbs	6	68	3473	2	arbs
arcs	6	78	3478	2	arcs
areas	5	59	3577	2	areas
ares	4	58	7102	2	ares
arfs	7	60	2996	2	arfs
arias	5	54	3802	2	arias
arks	8	59	3687	2	arks
arles	5	67	3574	2	arles
arms	6	61	3749	2	arms
arras	5	56	2613	2	arras
ars	3	76	7093	2	a_rs
arts	4	96	5026	2	arts
as	2	110	8307	2	__as
asks	8	57	2121	2	asks
asps	6	56	2209	2	asps
ass	3	78	4406	2	a_ss
atap	6	67	2245	2	atap
ataps	7	64	1483	2	ataps
ates	4	50	4792	2	ates
atmas	7	57	2101	2	atmas
auks	8	55	2526	2	auks
auras	5	59	3255	2	auras
ava	6	101	3932	2	ava_
avast	8	55	1936	2	avast
aves	7	61	4260	2	aves
avgas	9	69	1213	2	avgas
avos	7	72	2701	2	avos
awa	6	119	3967	2	awa_
awash	11	66	1316	2	awash
away	10	80	2422	2	away
awes	7	60	3755	2	awes
awls	7	59	2609	2	awls
awns	7	53	2443	2	awns
axal	11	65	2049	2	axal
axes	11	73	3785	2	axes
axis	11	61	2791	2	axis
axles	12	52	1947	2	axles
ayah	10	80	2299	2	ayah
ayahs	11	68	1352	2	ayahs
ayes	7	65	4351	2	ayes
ays	6	70	5029	2	a_ys
azan	13	65	2178	2	azan
azans	14	65	1688	2	azans
baals	7	61	2270	2	baals
baas	6	68	4467	2	baas
babas	9	63	2573	2	babas
balds	8	55	2464	2	balds
bales	7	62	5008	2	bales
balks	11	49	2629	2	balks
balls	7	62	3641	2	balls
balms	9	57	2392	2	balms
bals	6	63	5404	2	bal_s
balsa	7	79	2041	2	balsa
balsas	8	64	1752	2	balsas
bas	5	86	8175	2	_bas
bias	6	47	3815	2	bias
blab	8	66	2913	2	blab
blabs	9	56	1963	2	blabs
blae	6	61	3464	2	blae
blah	9	86	2506	2	blah
blahs	10	56	1651	2	blahs
blam	8	61	3170	2	blam
blams	9	50	2385	2	blams
blase	7	55	2423	2	blase
blast	7	65	3257	2	blast
blat	6	65	5095	2	blat
blats	7	51	3250	2	blats
blaw	9	70	2672	2	blaw
blaws	10	56	2046	2	blaws
boas	6	61	5083	2	boas
bolas	7	47	3376	2	bolas
bras	6	57	4645	2	bras
cacas	9	56	2798	2	cacas
calash	11	3	1243	2	calash
calfs	10	49	1938	2	calfs
calks	11	54	2160	2	calks
callas	8	45	2675	2	callas
calls	7	56	3473	2	calls
calms	9	52	2235	2	calms
calos	7	44	3190	2	calos
camas	9	63	3352	2	camas
casas	7	53	2784	2	casas
clad	7	62	2582	2	clad
clads	8	57	2273	2	clads
clag	7	59	2457	2	clag
clags	8	56	2112	2	clags
clam	8	63	3229	2	clam
clams	9	51	2767	2	clams
clan	6	56	3392	2	clan
clans	7	50	3101	2	clans
clap	8	64	2904	2	clap
claps	9	56	2618	2	claps
clash	10	62	1903	2	clash
clasp	9	55	1719	2	clasp
class	7	55	2548	2	class
clast	7	60	3058	2	clast
claw	9	56	2434	2	claw
claws	10	60	2083	2	claws
clay	9	59	2741	2	clay
clays	10	55	2133	2	clays
coalas	8	74	1896	2	coalas
colas	7	54	3677	2	colas
dadas	7	58	1986	2	dadas
dalasi	7	6	1062	2	dalasi
dales	6	64	3974	2	dales
dals	5	71	4512	2	dal_s
elan	4	67	3424	2	elan
elans	5	55	2775	2	elans
elds	5	63	2485	2	elds
elks	8	58	2003	2	elks
ells	4	64	3135	2	ells
elms	6	73	2270	2	elms
els	3	76	4572	2	el_s
eras	4	54	4150	2	eras
etas	4	64	3227	2	etas
eyas	7	64	2743	2	eyas
falls	8	57	2765	2	falls
fas	6	82	6293	2	_fas
favas	11	56	1859	2	favas
flab	9	66	2835	2	flab
flabs	10	58	1864	2	flabs
flag	8	74	2708	2	flag
flags	9	53	2128	2	flags
flak	11	60	2617	2	flak
flam	9	63	3329	2	flam
flams	10	51	2501	2	flams
flan	7	61	3418	2	flan
flans	8	53	2797	2	flans
flap	9	61	2870	2	flap
flaps	10	56	2138	2	flaps
flash	11	57	1621	2	flash
flask	12	55	1242	2	flask
flat	7	71	4782	2	flat
flats	8	64	2974	2	flats
flaw	10	63	2664	2	flaw
flaws	11	59	2034	2	flaws
flax	14	73	2563	2	flax
flay	10	63	3280	2	flay
flays	11	63	2105	2	flays
fleas	8	64	2366	2	fleas
flus	7	56	2654	2	flus
gala	5	56	3516	2	gala_
galah	9	59	1762	2	galah
galahs	10	55	1267	2	galahs
galax	13	53	1446	2	galax
galeas	7	46	1850	2	galeas
gales	6	54	4248	2	gales
galls	6	47	2932	2	galls
gals	5	79	4650	2	gal_s
gamas	8	54	3135	2	gamas
gas	4	88	7025	2	_gas
glad	6	56	2401	2	glad
glads	7	56	2061	2	glads
glam	7	65	2934	2	glam
glams	8	58	2293	2	glams
glans	6	51	2583	2	glans
glass	6	55	1813	2	glass
glias	6	46	1849	2	glias
goas	5	52	3994	2	goas
hahas	11	71	1844	2	hahas
halal	8	56	2359	2	halal
halals	9	50	1831	2	halals
hales	8	54	4984	2	hales
halls	8	56	3378	2	halls
halmas	11	70	1789	2	halmas
halms	10	52	2521	2	halms
halos	8	52	3025	2	halos
halts	8	52	3010	2	halts
halvas	12	47	1417	2	halvas
has	6	73	7265	2	_has
hulas	8	49	2088	2	hulas
hylas	11	48	1590	2	hylas
ilks	8	72	1857	2	ilks
ills	4	70	3042	2	ills
jalap	14	36	1247	2	jalap
jalaps	15	29	918	2	jalaps
javas	15	59	1542	2	javas
kaas	8	65	3184	2	kaas
kakas	8	51	1734	2	kakas
kalam	11	3	1511	2	kalam
kalams	12	3	1060	2	kalams
kales	9	57	3098	2	kales
kalpas	12	41	1294	2	kalpas
kanas	9	53	2691	2	kanas
kapas	11	60	2173	2	kapas
kas	7	70	5858	2	_kas
katas	9	59	2209	2	katas
kavas	12	59	1995	2	kavas
keas	8	63	3709	2	keas
koalas	10	40	1166	2	koalas
koas	8	56	3509	2	koas
kolas	9	48	2223	2	kolas
kvas	11	70	1594	2	kvas
la	2	192	6163	2	_la_
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lac	5	101	5582	2	_lac
lacs	6	69	4248	2	lacs
lad	4	81	6570	2	_lad
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lag	4	78	6212	2	_lag
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lalls	5	53	2413	2	lalls
lam	5	76	6671	2	_lam
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lap	5	85	6527	2	_lap
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lar	3	79	6753	2	_lar
lars	4	69	5657	2	lars
lase	4	61	4851	2	_lase
lash	7	65	3965	2	_lash
lass	4	74	4454	2	lass
last	4	62	6032	2	_last
lat	3	75	9340	2	_lat
lats	4	59	6270	2	lats
lav	6	68	4734	2	_lav
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law	6	86	5664	2	_law
laws	7	64	4168	2	laws
lax	10	76	5152	2	_lax
lay	6	88	6535	2	_lay
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leas	4	59	5418	2	leas
les	3	56	6307	2	_les
lis	3	71	6227	2	_lis
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malars	8	50	2068	2	malars
males	7	50	4979	2	males
malls	7	62	3343	2	malls
malms	9	50	2155	2	malms
malts	7	63	3175	2	malts
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manas	7	62	4042	2	manas
maras	7	54	4328	2	maras
mas	5	81	7581	2	_mas
masas	7	56	3041	2	masas
mayas	10	59	2438	2	mayas
moas	6	55	4534	2	moas
molas	7	51	3209	2	molas
nadas	6	63	2081	2	nadas
nala	4	69	3039	2	nala_
nanas	5	59	2863	2	nanas
napas	7	59	2435	2	napas
nyalas	9	3	690	2	nyalas
obas	6	57	3093	2	obas
ocas	6	67	2963	2	ocas
odas	5	72	3026	2	odas
okas	8	52	2539	2	okas
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oles	4	64	5347	2	oles
ollas	5	42	1828	2	ollas
pacas	9	60	2940	2	pacas
palais	8	4	2042	2	palais
pales	7	57	5380	2	pales
palls	7	43	3256	2	palls
palms	9	49	2175	2	palms
palps	9	47	1956	2	palps
pals	6	69	5135	2	pal_s
papas	9	49	2749	2	papas
paras	7	61	4304	2	paras
pas	5	87	7574	2	_pas
peas	6	57	5506	2	peas
pias	6	65	4255	2	pias
plan	6	58	3394	2	plan
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plus	6	63	2483	2	plus
pyas	9	62	2570	2	pyas
ragas	6	53	2606	2	ragas
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rajas	12	73	1772	2	rajas
rales	5	49	4749	2	rales
ras	3	75	7539	2	_ras
rayas	8	59	2205	2	rayas
rias	4	55	4059	2	rias
ryas	7	72	2461	2	ryas
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salads	7	53	1696	2	salads
salal	5	54	2570	2	salal
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salps	7	44	2324	2	salps
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slash	8	47	1968	2	slash
slat	4	69	5902	2	slat
slats	5	54	3690	2	slats
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slaws	8	52	2271	2	slaws
slay	7	64	3638	2	slay
slays	8	57	2368	2	slays
spas	6	70	3672	2	spas
tablas	8	37	1616	2	tablas
takas	9	55	2068	2	takas
tala	4	59	3805	2	tala_
talar	5	62	2538	2	talar
talars	6	60	2168	2	talars
talcs	7	48	1718	2	talcs
tales	5	54	5137	2	tales
talks	9	43	2269	2	talks
talls	5	51	3343	2	talls
talus	5	54	2326	2	talus
tapas	7	46	2771	2	tapas
tas	3	84	7710	2	_tas
teas	4	58	5149	2	teas
tolas	5	45	3277	2	tolas
twas	7	68	2408	2	twas
ulan	4	65	2739	2	ulan
ulans	5	49	2130	2	ulans
ulnas	5	57	1653	2	ulnas
ulus	4	56	2256	2	ulus
ulvas	8	45	1150	2	ulvas
upas	6	83	2238	2	upas
utas	4	59	2495	2	utas
vales	8	54	3426	2	vales
varas	8	60	2819	2	varas
vas	6	77	5577	2	_vas
wales	8	61	4283	2	wales
walks	12	62	1850	2	walks
wallas	9	57	1939	2	wallas
walls	8	55	2938	2	walls
was	6	87	6756	2	_was
yeas	7	86	3842	2	yeas
zas	12	69	4683	2	_zas

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	29872	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	500	1.796	16632.5
3	Display Results	500	500	0.250	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	500	2.109	84727.8