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

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

20 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
dreidl	8	3	523	(None)
dreidel	9	3	447	1	dreidel
dreidls	9	3	405	1	dreidls
deil	5	62	3162	2	d_ei_l
deride	8	44	2003	2	deride
drail	6	50	2097	2	drai_l
dread	7	44	1902	2	dread_
dreads	8	41	1502	2	dreads
dreed	7	52	2284	2	dreed_
dreich	12	37	772	2	dreich
dreidels	10	3	321	2	dreidels
dreigh	11	24	644	2	dreigh
dried	7	53	2138	2	dried_
drill	6	47	1826	2	dr_ill
droid	7	42	1853	2	droid_
droids	8	47	1258	2	droids
druid	7	41	1132	2	druid_
druids	8	36	809	2	druids
oreide	7	3	1167	2	oreide
ureide	7	3	1036	2	ureide

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	82551	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	4.470	18467.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.593	38905.1