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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
ays	6	70	5029	(None)
aas	3	109	7539	1	aas
abs	5	93	5607	1	abs
abys	9	72	2188	1	abys
ads	4	97	5573	1	ads
ags	4	75	5166	1	ags
ahs	6	86	4482	1	ahs
ais	3	90	8357	1	ais
als	3	66	6302	1	als
ars	3	76	7093	1	ars
as	2	110	8307	1	a_s
ass	3	78	4406	1	ass
ay	5	117	7389	1	ay_
aye	6	71	5176	1	aye
ayes	7	65	4351	1	ayes
bays	9	71	4391	1	bays
bys	8	52	2946	1	bys
cays	9	54	3767	1	cays
days	8	76	3713	1	days
fays	10	85	3536	1	fays
gays	8	73	3802	1	gays
hays	10	61	3807	1	hays
jays	14	63	2834	1	jays
kays	11	60	3219	1	kays
lays	7	60	4325	1	lays
mays	9	69	4002	1	mays
nays	7	59	3159	1	nays
pays	9	59	4022	1	pays
rays	7	76	4235	1	rays
says	7	59	4210	1	says
ways	10	77	3795	1	ways
yays	10	57	2891	1	yays

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	32	0.093	55333.3
3	Display Results	32	32	0.016	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	32	0.172	1038901.2