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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “betrayers” 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.

13 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
betrayers	14	4	501	(None)
betrayer	13	4	564	1	betrayer_
bewrayers	17	4	348	1	bewrayers
belayers	13	29	814	2	be_layers
betrayals	14	4	296	2	betrayals
betrayed	14	3	630	2	betraye_d
betrays	12	12	782	2	betray__s
bewrayer	16	4	373	2	bewrayer_
brayers	12	45	1190	2	b__rayers
defrayers	16	4	417	2	defrayers
retracers	11	14	955	2	retracers
strayers	11	35	1014	2	_strayers
tetramers	11	4	646	2	tetramers

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	3.296	36843.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.702	48268.8