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

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

15 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
chiefly	18	3	410	(None)
briefly	15	3	457	2	briefly
cheerly	15	41	760	2	cheerly
chicly	16	42	920	2	chi_cly
chief	13	44	1948	2	chief__
chiefer	15	3	686	2	chiefer
chiefs	14	50	965	2	chief_s
chiel	10	49	1897	2	chie_l_
chield	12	46	1021	2	chie_ld
chiels	11	51	1593	2	chie_ls
childly	16	4	480	2	childly
chilly	14	41	1322	2	chi_lly
chimbly	19	7	459	2	chimbly
liefly	12	6	636	2	_liefly
whitefly	20	4	251	2	whitefly

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	2.970	36252.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.373	52976.9