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

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

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77 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
hallel	9	35	1409	(None)
hallal	9	44	1556	1	hallal
hallels	10	33	1013	1	hallels
allee	5	49	3212	2	_allee
allele	6	45	1456	2	_allele
alley	8	57	2167	2	_alley
allyl	8	53	1054	2	_allyl
balled	9	49	2689	2	balled
baller	8	38	2520	2	baller
ballet	8	47	3397	2	ballet
called	9	41	2673	2	called
callee	8	43	2729	2	callee
caller	8	51	2548	2	caller
callet	8	45	3676	2	callet
dalles	7	42	2206	2	dalles
diallel	8	4	568	2	diallel
fallal	9	36	1269	2	fallal
fallen	9	38	1337	2	fallen
faller	9	46	2123	2	faller
galled	8	46	2286	2	galled
gallet	7	36	3085	2	gallet
galley	10	42	1545	2	galley
hailed	10	41	2274	2	hailed
hailer	9	47	2034	2	hailer
halal	8	56	2359	2	ha_lal
hale	7	60	5283	2	ha_le_
haled	9	53	3582	2	ha_led
haler	8	50	3352	2	ha_ler
hales	8	54	4984	2	ha_les
hall	7	57	4116	2	ha_l_l
hallah	12	41	1540	2	hallah
hallo	8	51	2755	2	hall_o
halloa	9	49	1812	2	halloa
halloed	11	33	1491	2	halloed
halloes	10	40	2152	2	halloes
halloo	9	51	1897	2	halloo
hallos	9	54	2510	2	hallos
hallot	9	54	2678	2	hallot
hallow	12	48	1832	2	hallow
halls	8	56	3378	2	hall_s
hallux	16	3	736	2	hallux
haloed	10	47	1760	2	haloed
haloes	9	46	2386	2	haloes
halted	10	50	1960	2	halted
halter	9	44	2088	2	halter
halve	11	48	1892	2	halve_
halved	13	48	1390	2	halved
halves	12	47	1709	2	halves
hamlet	11	37	2279	2	hamlet
hansel	9	52	1437	2	hansel
haole	8	48	2008	2	haole_
haoles	9	49	1980	2	haoles
haslet	9	32	2271	2	haslet
hassel	9	56	1421	2	hassel
hauled	10	44	1521	2	hauled
hauler	9	50	1512	2	hauler
hazel	17	64	1481	2	ha_zel
helled	10	40	2470	2	helled
heller	9	33	2251	2	heller
hilled	10	40	2222	2	hilled
hiller	9	44	2163	2	hiller
holler	9	35	2061	2	holler
hulled	10	39	2001	2	hulled
huller	9	39	1910	2	huller
lalled	7	42	1875	2	lalled
malled	9	46	2611	2	malled
mallee	8	45	2559	2	mallee
mallei	8	44	1463	2	mallei
mallet	8	44	3305	2	mallet
palled	9	46	2516	2	palled
pallet	8	42	3265	2	pallet
sallet	6	37	3454	2	sallet
taller	6	37	2196	2	taller
tallol	6	36	1222	2	tallol
valley	12	43	1160	2	valley
walled	10	40	2129	2	walled
wallet	9	33	2709	2	wallet

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	77	2.860	28864.0
3	Display Results	77	77	0.030	2566.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	77	3.250	54981.8