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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sallows” 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.

12 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
sallows	10	39	1555	(None)
allows	9	45	1768	1	_allows
fallows	13	37	1397	1	fallows
gallows	11	35	1351	1	gallows
hallows	13	44	1739	1	hallows
mallows	12	37	1432	1	mallows
sallow	9	43	1575	1	sallow_
sallowy	13	36	934	1	sallowy
shallows	14	38	886	1	shallows
swallows	14	29	589	1	swallows
tallows	10	33	1374	1	tallows
wallows	13	36	1353	1	wallows

Search took 2 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	69583	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	12	1.216	57222.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	1.562	114398.8