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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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113 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
slash	8	47	1968	(None)
clash	10	62	1903	1	clash
flash	11	57	1621	1	flash
lash	7	65	3965	1	_lash
plash	10	46	1656	1	plash
sash	7	72	3530	1	s_ash
slosh	8	45	1448	1	slosh
slush	8	53	1657	1	slush
smash	10	48	1443	1	smash
snash	8	48	1567	1	snash
splash	11	6	882	1	splash
stash	8	49	1697	1	stash
swash	11	63	1675	1	swash
abash	10	60	1651	2	abash
alas	4	63	5812	2	alas_
ash	6	79	4460	2	__ash
aslosh	9	6	623	2	aslosh
awash	11	66	1316	2	awash
bash	9	152	4016	2	_bash
blah	9	86	2506	2	bla_h
blahs	10	56	1651	2	blahs
blase	7	55	2423	2	blase
blast	7	65	3257	2	blast
blush	10	51	1531	2	blush
brash	10	62	2156	2	brash
calash	11	3	1243	2	calash
cash	9	66	3628	2	_cash
clach	12	46	1782	2	clach
clasp	9	55	1719	2	clasp
class	7	55	2548	2	class
clast	7	60	3058	2	clast
crash	10	91	2001	2	crash
dash	8	70	3163	2	_dash
deash	9	56	1724	2	deash
fash	10	72	3229	2	_fash
flashy	15	49	817	2	flashy
flask	12	55	1242	2	flask
flesh	11	50	1374	2	flesh
flush	11	51	1607	2	flush
gash	8	68	3302	2	_gash
glass	6	55	1813	2	glass
gnash	9	44	983	2	gnash
hash	10	69	3650	2	_hash
lakh	11	49	1995	2	_lakh
las	3	72	8147	2	_las_
lase	4	61	4851	2	_lase
lass	4	74	4454	2	_lass
last	4	62	6032	2	_last
lath	7	66	4038	2	_lath
leash	8	55	1921	2	leash
lush	7	53	2769	2	_lush
mash	9	60	3940	2	_mash
pash	9	56	3813	2	_pash
plashy	14	44	887	2	plashy
plasm	9	41	1463	2	plasm
plush	10	56	1471	2	plush
quash	17	45	1216	2	quash
rash	7	60	3993	2	_rash
sals	4	68	5167	2	sals_
salsa	5	67	1892	2	salsa
sass	4	50	3562	2	s_ass
seas	4	57	5527	2	seas_
selah	8	3	1961	2	sela_h
selahs	9	3	1321	2	selahs
shah	10	56	2778	2	sha_h
shahs	11	59	1951	2	shahs
shush	11	38	1254	2	shush
skas	8	53	2571	2	skas_
skosh	12	40	727	2	skosh
slab	6	71	3376	2	sla_b
slabs	7	53	2264	2	slabs
slack	11	50	2176	2	slack
slag	5	59	3435	2	sla_g
slags	6	65	2590	2	slags
slain	5	49	2357	2	slain
slake	9	37	2405	2	slake
slam	6	77	3797	2	sla_m
slams	7	49	2790	2	slams
slang	6	63	2402	2	slang
slank	9	58	2277	2	slank
slant	5	52	3870	2	slant
slap	6	64	3404	2	sla_p
slaps	7	60	2571	2	slaps
slashed	11	41	1485	2	slashed
slasher	10	45	1533	2	slasher
slashes	10	36	1910	2	slashes
slat	4	69	5902	2	sla_t
slatch	11	45	1053	2	slatch
slate	5	54	3828	2	slate
slats	5	54	3690	2	slats
slaty	8	65	2315	2	slaty
slave	8	42	2403	2	slave
slavish	13	3	823	2	slavish
slaw	7	79	3071	2	sla_w
slaws	8	52	2271	2	slaws
slay	7	64	3638	2	sla_y
slays	8	57	2368	2	slays
sloshy	12	36	662	2	sloshy
sloth	8	50	1945	2	sloth
slushy	12	41	722	2	slushy
smush	10	44	1058	2	smush
snath	8	64	1980	2	snath
spas	6	70	3672	2	spas_
spasm	9	45	1417	2	spasm
splashy	15	4	355	2	splashy
splosh	11	8	654	2	splosh
squash	18	4	683	2	squash
staph	10	43	1465	2	staph
swath	11	59	2038	2	swath
swish	11	51	1482	2	swish
trash	8	61	1976	2	trash
unlash	9	3	879	2	unlash
wash	10	60	3381	2	_wash

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	53800	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	113	1.640	32804.9
3	Display Results	113	113	0.030	3766.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	113	2.063	86617.1