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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
phalli	11	4	826	(None)
phallic	14	4	729	1	phallic
thalli	9	5	892	1	thalli
challa	11	40	1419	2	challa
challie	12	40	1285	2	challie
challis	12	46	1346	2	challis
chally	14	43	1429	2	chally
chilli	11	43	1277	2	chilli
hall	7	57	4116	2	_hall_
hallo	8	51	2755	2	_hallo
halls	8	56	3378	2	_halls
pall	6	50	3934	2	p_all_
pallia	8	30	1559	2	p_allia
pallid	9	39	1528	2	p_allid
palls	7	43	3256	2	p_alls
pally	10	57	2712	2	p_ally
palpi	9	54	1455	2	p_alpi
phallism	15	4	571	2	phallism
phallist	13	3	898	2	phallist
phallus	12	3	606	2	phallus
phyllo	14	3	587	2	phyllo
shall	8	50	2405	2	shall_
thallic	12	4	655	2	thallic

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	23	2.280	36206.6
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.639	67711.6