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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
gag	5	77	5363	(None)
ag	3	110	6746	1	_ag
bag	6	70	5922	1	bag
dag	5	77	5300	1	dag
fag	7	68	5236	1	fag
gab	6	71	5599	1	gab
gad	5	75	5665	1	gad
gae	4	64	5770	1	gae
gaga	6	66	2555	1	gaga
gage	6	59	3610	1	gage
gags	6	64	4106	1	gags
gal	4	60	5551	1	gal
gam	6	70	6006	1	gam
gan	4	80	6012	1	gan
gang	6	60	3196	1	gang
gap	6	70	5561	1	gap
gar	4	72	5990	1	gar
gas	4	88	7025	1	gas
gat	4	68	8051	1	gat
gay	7	68	5649	1	gay
gig	5	60	4075	1	gig
hag	7	72	5574	1	hag
jag	11	65	4271	1	jag
lag	4	78	6212	1	lag
mag	6	79	5647	1	mag
nag	4	64	5081	1	nag
rag	4	57	6132	1	rag
sag	4	61	6340	1	sag
tag	4	72	5949	1	tag
wag	7	64	5175	1	wag
yag	7	69	4773	1	yag
zag	13	75	3947	1	zag

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	5146	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	32	0.173	29745.7
3	Display Results	32	32	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	32	0.266	671770.7