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

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

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.

24 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
carolled	11	3	883	(None)
caroled	10	37	1769	1	caro_led
caroller	10	3	920	1	caroller
caballed	13	3	716	2	caballed
cajoled	17	42	828	2	cajo_led
called	9	41	2673	2	ca__lled
canalled	11	3	958	2	canalled
caracolled	15	4	302	2	caracolled
caroler	9	38	1675	2	caro_ler
carollers	11	3	770	2	carollers
caromed	12	37	1362	2	caro_med
caroused	11	4	925	2	caroused
carpooled	14	4	507	2	carpooled
cavilled	14	3	673	2	cavilled
drolled	9	38	1022	2	_drolled
enrolled	9	6	796	2	enrolled
paroled	10	42	1763	2	paro_led
patrolled	12	4	571	2	patrolled
rerolled	9	30	1005	2	rerolled
rolled	7	42	2024	2	__rolled
scrolled	11	3	705	2	scrolled
strolled	9	3	782	2	strolled
trolled	8	43	1226	2	_trolled
unrolled	9	6	1041	2	unrolled

Search took 5 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	4.186	28920.0
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	4.638	38527.6