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

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

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.

19 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
clam	8	63	3229	(None)
blam	8	61	3170	1	blam
calm	8	50	3236	1	calm
cam	7	80	5898	1	c_am
cham	11	55	3231	1	cham
clad	7	62	2582	1	clad
clag	7	59	2457	1	clag
claim	9	56	1691	1	claim
clamp	11	55	1765	1	clamp
clams	9	51	2767	1	clams
clan	6	56	3392	1	clan
clap	8	64	2904	1	clap
claw	9	56	2434	1	claw
clay	9	59	2741	1	clay
cram	8	56	3549	1	cram
flam	9	63	3329	1	flam
glam	7	65	2934	1	glam
lam	5	76	6671	1	_lam
slam	6	77	3797	1	slam

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.060	2978183.3
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	19	0.250	55932.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	0.310	576422.6