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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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26 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
alphas	11	3	951	(None)
alohas	9	4	1170	1	alohas
alpha	10	4	965	1	alpha_
aghas	9	70	1487	2	a_ghas
alas	4	63	5812	2	al__as
albas	7	59	2539	2	al_bas
alephs	11	3	653	2	aleph_s
alfas	8	72	1904	2	al_fas
algas	6	56	2493	2	al_gas
alias	5	58	3460	2	al_ias
aliyas	9	39	1180	2	aliyas
almahs	11	86	1161	2	almahs
almas	7	66	2977	2	al_mas
aloha	8	5	1361	2	aloha_
alpacas	11	3	707	2	alpacas
alphyl	14	8	408	2	alphyl
alphyls	15	11	395	2	alphyls
alps	6	55	2924	2	alp__s
altheas	10	3	822	2	altheas
aphis	10	59	1713	2	a_phis
ephas	10	3	1154	2	_ephas
kalpas	12	41	1294	2	kalp_as
malthas	12	3	791	2	malthas
ralphs	11	3	537	2	ralph_s
salpas	8	51	1692	2	salp_as
sulphas	12	3	624	2	sulphas

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	82551	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.673	30883.3
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	3.109	57475.4