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

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

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59 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
tallow	9	37	1420	(None)
allow	8	54	2066	1	_allow
callow	11	47	1466	1	callow
fallow	12	47	1385	1	fallow
hallow	12	48	1832	1	hallow
mallow	11	40	1474	1	mallow
sallow	9	43	1575	1	sallow
tallol	6	36	1222	1	tallol
tallows	10	33	1374	1	tallows
tallowy	13	34	763	1	tallowy
wallow	12	39	1351	1	wallow
aglow	9	47	1197	2	_aglow
allod	6	44	1838	2	_allod
allot	5	49	3387	2	_allot
allows	9	45	1768	2	_allows
alloy	8	55	1997	2	_alloy
alow	7	53	2859	2	_a_low
ballon	8	41	1749	2	ballon
ballot	8	46	2409	2	ballot
barlow	11	29	1142	2	barlow
bellow	11	42	1335	2	bellow
billow	11	41	1122	2	billow
fallows	13	37	1397	2	fallows
fellow	12	37	1274	2	fellow
follow	12	40	1035	2	follow
gallon	7	37	1581	2	gallon
gallop	9	33	1138	2	gallop
gallows	11	35	1351	2	gallows
hallo	8	51	2755	2	hallo_
halloa	9	49	1812	2	halloa
halloo	9	51	1897	2	halloo
hallos	9	54	2510	2	hallos
hallot	9	54	2678	2	hallot
hallows	13	44	1739	2	hallows
hollow	12	42	1266	2	hollow
mallows	12	37	1432	2	mallows
mellow	11	41	1222	2	mellow
pallor	8	3	1367	2	pallor
pillow	11	31	1057	2	pillow
sallows	10	39	1555	2	sallows
sallowy	13	36	934	2	sallowy
shallow	13	38	887	2	shallow
swallow	13	35	575	2	swallow
tailor	6	34	1250	2	tailor
talion	6	3	1771	2	talion
tall	4	72	4021	2	tall__
tallboy	12	6	514	2	tallboy
taller	6	37	2196	2	taller
tallis	6	33	1996	2	tallis
tallit	6	34	2273	2	tallit
tallols	7	33	1136	2	tallols
tallowed	12	15	771	2	tallowed
talls	5	51	3343	2	tall_s
tally	8	45	2686	2	tall_y
talon	5	58	2411	2	ta_lon
wallop	11	33	1029	2	wallop
wallows	13	36	1353	2	wallows
willow	12	36	969	2	willow
yellow	12	42	988	2	yellow

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	59	2.780	29694.6
3	Display Results	59	59	0.016	3687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	2.906	61490.4