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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “narwal” 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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26 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
narwal	9	3	895	(None)
narial	6	3	1796	1	narial
narwals	10	3	698	1	narwals
narwhal	13	4	433	1	narwhal
areal	5	59	2874	2	_areal
argal	6	50	2340	2	_argal
artal	5	55	2548	2	_artal
arval	8	60	1702	2	_arval
barbal	10	40	1667	2	barbal
carnal	8	39	1922	2	carnal
carpal	10	37	1626	2	carpal
earwax	16	6	474	2	earwax
farfal	12	34	1019	2	farfal
hartal	9	4	1548	2	hartal
larval	9	4	851	2	larval
narwhale	14	4	322	2	narwhale
narwhals	14	4	361	2	narwhals
nasal	5	62	1759	2	na_sal
nasial	6	4	1328	2	nasial
natal	5	39	2149	2	na_tal
naval	8	53	1583	2	na_val
nawab	10	8	1092	2	na_wab
normal	8	32	1354	2	normal
parral	8	55	1754	2	parral
tarnal	6	37	1651	2	tarnal
tarsal	6	33	1528	2	tarsal

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	26	2.483	33246.5
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.842	62875.1