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

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

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55 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
skelm	11	42	1129	(None)
skell	9	49	1583	1	skell
skelms	12	36	802	1	skelms
skelp	11	42	1142	1	skelp
akela	9	3	1134	2	akela
elm	5	75	3174	2	__elm
helm	9	55	3002	2	_helm
kelim	11	9	1255	2	_kelim
kelp	10	53	2280	2	_kelp
kelt	8	53	4319	2	_kelt
seam	6	66	4597	2	s_eam
seel	4	50	4298	2	seel_
seels	5	56	3282	2	seels
seely	8	45	2263	2	seely
seem	6	54	3856	2	s_eem
sel	3	82	5332	2	s_el_
self	7	51	3829	2	s_elf
sell	4	58	4061	2	s_ell
sels	4	63	4598	2	s_els
shelf	11	52	2111	2	shelf
shell	8	44	2412	2	shell
skald	10	42	1017	2	skald
skean	9	44	1562	2	skean
skee	8	54	3147	2	ske_e
skeed	10	50	1898	2	skeed
skeen	9	48	1740	2	skeen
skees	9	50	2312	2	skees
skeet	9	54	2918	2	skeet
skeg	9	53	1616	2	ske_g
skegs	10	50	1123	2	skegs
skein	9	48	1441	2	skein
skells	10	50	1378	2	skells
skellum	13	4	385	2	skellum
skelps	12	40	792	2	skelps
skene	9	61	1812	2	skene
skep	10	52	1935	2	ske_p
skeps	11	56	1425	2	skeps
skew	11	62	1876	2	ske_w
skews	12	54	1380	2	skews
skill	9	43	1672	2	skill
skim	10	53	2251	2	sk_im
skulk	8	47	962	2	skulk
skull	9	48	1203	2	skull
smell	7	49	1623	2	smell
smelt	7	47	2678	2	smelt
snell	5	45	1730	2	snell
spell	7	50	2030	2	spell
spelt	7	54	3019	2	spelt
sperm	9	32	1602	2	sperm
steam	7	63	2293	2	steam
stela	5	40	1904	2	stela
stele	5	50	2684	2	stele
stem	6	106	2825	2	ste_m
swell	8	48	1598	2	swell
whelm	13	46	1198	2	whelm

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	53800	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	55	1.516	35488.1
3	Display Results	55	55	0.016	3437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	1.875	95301.9