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

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

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73 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
allows	9	45	1768	(None)
allods	7	36	1508	1	allods
allots	6	40	1917	1	allots
allow	8	54	2066	1	allow_
alloys	9	40	1456	1	alloys
fallows	13	37	1397	1	fallows
gallows	11	35	1351	1	gallows
hallows	13	44	1739	1	hallows
mallows	12	37	1432	1	mallows
sallows	10	39	1555	1	sallows
tallows	10	33	1374	1	tallows
wallows	13	36	1353	1	wallows
aglow	9	47	1197	2	aglow_
aldols	7	10	971	2	aldols
algors	7	3	1255	2	algors
allays	9	43	1374	2	allays
allees	6	45	2148	2	allees
alleys	9	51	1330	2	alleys
allies	6	38	2767	2	allies
allod	6	44	1838	2	allo_d
allot	5	49	3387	2	allo_t
allowed	11	16	1008	2	allowed
alloy	8	55	1997	2	allo_y
alls	4	67	4092	2	all__s
allyls	9	43	727	2	allyls
aloes	5	49	3367	2	a_loes
alow	7	53	2859	2	a_low_
altos	5	58	2295	2	alto_s
arrows	9	28	1348	2	arrows
avows	11	49	1098	2	a_vows
azlons	15	41	1042	2	azlons
ballons	9	39	1696	2	ballons
ballots	9	41	1603	2	ballots
barlows	12	25	997	2	barlows
bellows	12	43	1330	2	bellows
belows	11	46	1418	2	belows
billows	12	36	1129	2	billows
blows	10	54	2383	2	_blows
callous	9	35	1660	2	callous
callow	11	47	1466	2	callow_
elbows	11	9	671	2	elbows
fallow	12	47	1385	2	fallow_
fellows	13	42	1243	2	fellows
flows	11	58	2236	2	_flows
follows	13	40	992	2	follows
gallons	8	30	1595	2	gallons
gallops	10	32	1165	2	gallops
gallous	8	28	1395	2	gallous
glows	9	55	1803	2	_glows
halloas	10	43	1846	2	halloas
halloes	10	40	2152	2	halloes
halloos	10	37	1674	2	halloos
hallos	9	54	2510	2	hallo_s
hallow	12	48	1832	2	hallow_
hollows	13	44	1233	2	hollows
lows	7	58	4301	2	__lows
mallow	11	40	1474	2	mallow_
mellows	12	38	1223	2	mellows
pallors	9	3	1436	2	pallors
pillows	12	26	1012	2	pillows
plows	10	54	1990	2	_plows
sallow	9	43	1575	2	sallow_
sallowy	13	36	934	2	sallowy
shallows	14	38	886	2	shallows
slows	8	53	2346	2	_slows
swallows	14	29	589	2	swallows
tallols	7	33	1136	2	tallols
tallow	9	37	1420	2	tallow_
tallowy	13	34	763	2	tallowy
wallops	12	34	1041	2	wallops
wallow	12	39	1351	2	wallow_
willows	13	29	975	2	willows
yellows	13	32	960	2	yellows

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	73	2.513	32849.6
3	Display Results	73	73	0.033	2212.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	73	2.889	61852.2