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

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

26 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
ductal	9	3	899	(None)
ducal	8	48	1642	1	duc_al
buccal	12	4	824	2	buccal
curtal	8	39	1454	2	curtal
dactyl	12	3	498	2	dactyl
decal	8	55	2323	2	dec_al
dental	7	43	1917	2	dental
dicta	8	49	1563	2	dicta_
distal	7	36	1576	2	distal
dotal	6	49	1962	2	d_otal
dual	5	59	2817	2	du__al
ducat	8	62	2590	2	duc_at
ducats	9	50	1176	2	ducats
ducktail	15	4	291	2	ducktail
duct	7	57	3546	2	duct__
ducted	10	40	1212	2	ducted
ductile	10	4	847	2	ductile
ducts	8	53	1989	2	duct_s
ductule	10	6	550	2	ductule
dural	6	49	2389	2	du_ral
edictal	10	4	699	2	edictal
nuchal	11	21	887	2	nuchal
octal	7	12	1472	2	_octal
rectal	8	44	1813	2	rectal
rictal	8	31	1317	2	rictal
tectal	8	37	1325	2	tectal

Search took 3 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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.653	31116.1
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.779	64300.5