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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cloaca” 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.

18 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
cloaca	10	3	726	(None)
cloacae	11	4	523	1	cloacae
cloacal	11	3	516	1	cloacal
cloacas	11	3	623	1	cloacas
alpaca	10	4	738	2	alpaca
caca	8	55	2808	2	c__aca
choana	11	3	844	2	choana
clach	12	46	1782	2	cl_ach
clack	13	47	2017	2	cl_ack
cloak	11	52	1401	2	cloa_k
cloaks	12	44	1126	2	cloaks
clock	13	49	1798	2	clo_ck
coach	12	59	1945	2	c_oach
coact	9	61	3058	2	c_oact
coala	7	75	2112	2	c_oala
coca	8	80	3064	2	c_o_ca
loach	10	51	1636	2	_loach
loca	6	55	2768	2	_lo_ca

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	18	2.233	36968.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.576	69367.6