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

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

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47 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
welsh	11	31	1036	(None)
welch	13	44	1149	1	welch
belch	12	44	1550	2	belch
bels	6	61	4249	2	bels_
cels	6	55	3497	2	cels_
deash	9	56	1724	2	deash
delish	10	52	1561	2	delish
dels	5	67	4547	2	dels_
eels	4	65	3674	2	eels_
els	3	76	4572	2	_els_
else	4	59	2308	2	_else
flesh	11	50	1374	2	flesh
gels	5	68	3610	2	gels_
leash	8	55	1921	2	leash
mels	6	59	4153	2	mels_
mensh	10	54	1356	2	mensh
mesh	9	68	2300	2	me_sh
relish	9	39	1695	2	relish
resh	7	65	2345	2	re_sh
selah	8	3	1961	2	selah
sels	4	63	4598	2	sels_
tels	4	68	4169	2	tels_
wash	10	60	3381	2	w_ash
weals	8	54	2874	2	weals_
wealth	12	37	922	2	wealth
webs	9	66	2212	2	webs_
weds	8	66	2893	2	weds_
wees	7	62	4912	2	wees_
weest	8	50	2677	2	weest
weigh	12	54	1251	2	weigh
weld	8	47	2773	2	wel_d
welds	9	47	1916	2	welds
well	7	58	3204	2	wel_l
wells	8	54	2619	2	wells
welly	11	46	2001	2	welly
welshed	14	27	720	2	welshed
welsher	13	37	744	2	welsher
welshes	13	37	909	2	welshes
welt	7	55	4786	2	wel_t
welts	8	52	2519	2	welts
wench	13	62	1478	2	wench
wens	7	63	3793	2	wens_
west	7	57	4808	2	we_st
wets	7	59	4029	2	wets_
whish	14	45	1292	2	whish
wish	10	72	2873	2	w_ish
woosh	11	37	1073	2	woosh

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	47	1.360	39558.8
3	Display Results	47	47	0.016	2937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	47	1.719	103950.6