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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
khalif	16	5	783	(None)
kalif	12	50	2136	1	k_alif
khalifa	17	4	288	1	khalifa
khalifs	17	5	407	1	khalifs
alif	7	62	4214	2	__alif
calif	10	49	2910	2	_calif
half	10	62	3845	2	_hal_f
halid	9	44	2498	2	_halid
kaif	11	69	3393	2	k_a_if
kalifs	13	44	1098	2	k_alifs
khadi	13	6	760	2	khadi_
khadis	14	4	691	2	khadis
khaf	14	53	1960	2	kha__f
khaki	11	5	764	2	khaki_
khakis	12	6	585	2	khakis
khalifas	18	4	251	2	khalifas
sharif	12	29	1712	2	sharif

Search took 6 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	0.686	260482.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	4.703	17552.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.405	33060.3