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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “paella” 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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27 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
paella	8	4	1091	(None)
paellas	9	4	1141	1	paellas
patella	9	3	895	1	patella
calla	7	48	2707	2	ca_lla
canella	9	3	1079	2	canella
cella	7	54	2031	2	_cella
favella	13	3	617	2	favella
fella	8	49	1865	2	_fella
labella	9	8	894	2	labella
lamella	9	8	861	2	lamella
palea	7	50	2866	2	pa_lea
paleal	8	47	1667	2	paleal
palely	11	3	1192	2	palely
pall	6	50	3934	2	pa_ll_
pallia	8	30	1559	2	pallia
palls	7	43	3256	2	pa_lls
pally	10	57	2712	2	pa_lly
papilla	11	12	791	2	papilla
papula	10	30	1111	2	papula
patellae	10	4	762	2	patellae
patellar	10	4	686	2	patellar
patellas	10	3	910	2	patellas
payola	11	20	811	2	payola
pepla	9	3	1286	2	p_epla
psylla	11	3	395	2	psylla
stella	6	36	1297	2	stella
walla	8	53	2103	2	wa_lla

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.530	32628.9
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.640	67686.0