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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
caliph	13	3	1140	(None)
caliphs	14	3	675	1	caliphs
kaliph	15	3	787	1	kaliph
acaleph	14	5	344	2	acaleph
aleph	10	3	1139	2	_aleph
calash	11	3	1243	2	calash
caliche	14	32	996	2	caliche
calico	10	34	1443	2	calico
calif	10	49	2910	2	cali_f
califs	11	49	1589	2	califs
calipash	15	4	323	2	calipash
calipee	11	4	1291	2	calipee
caliper	11	4	1096	2	caliper
caliphal	15	4	403	2	caliphal
calix	14	53	1735	2	cali_x
caph	11	66	2329	2	ca__ph
carlish	12	3	1277	2	carlish
ceriph	13	9	846	2	ceriph
clip	8	69	2400	2	c_lip_
clips	9	60	1830	2	c_lips
clipt	9	63	2427	2	c_lipt
kaliphs	16	3	429	2	kaliphs
palish	11	47	1828	2	palish
ralph	10	7	874	2	ral_ph

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	3.330	24790.1
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.689	48438.9