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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “galabiyah” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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12 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
galabiyah	18	5	163	(None)
galabiya	14	4	275	1	galabiya_
galabiyahs	19	5	115	1	galabiyahs
galabiyas	15	4	251	1	galabiyas
galabia	10	3	832	2	galabi_a_
galabias	11	3	773	2	galabi_as
galabieh	14	4	481	2	galabi_eh
aliyah	12	39	749	3	_al__iyah
dahabiah	17	4	286	3	dahabi_ah
dahabiya	17	4	151	3	dahabiya_
dahabiyas	18	5	165	3	dahabiyas
galabiehs	15	4	244	3	galabiehs

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.173	20722.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.596	23524.4