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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ballyard” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 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
ballyard	14	4	589	(None)
ballyards	15	4	499	1	ballyards
backyard	20	4	684	2	backyard
ballad	9	43	1532	2	ball_a_d
ballpark	16	4	375	2	ballpark
ballyrag	14	4	343	2	ballyrag
barnyard	14	4	378	2	barnyard
bayard	12	44	1166	2	ba__yard
billiard	11	4	587	2	billiard
bollard	10	32	1050	2	boll_ard
galliard	10	12	575	2	galliard
halliard	12	12	596	2	halliard
halyard	14	7	697	2	ha_lyard
haulyard	15	8	322	2	haulyard
kailyard	16	4	350	2	kailyard
kaleyard	16	8	357	2	kaleyard
mallard	10	3	1027	2	mall_ard
willyard	15	4	396	2	willyard

Search took 4 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	121059	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.360	36029.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.749	47663.6