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

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

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.

16 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
flays	11	63	2105	(None)
clays	10	55	2133	1	clays
fays	10	85	3536	1	f_ays
flabs	10	58	1864	1	flabs
flags	9	53	2128	1	flags
flams	10	51	2501	1	flams
flans	8	53	2797	1	flans
flaps	10	56	2138	1	flaps
flats	8	64	2974	1	flats
flaws	11	59	2034	1	flaws
flay	10	63	3280	1	flay_
fleys	11	70	1560	1	fleys
frays	11	69	2010	1	frays
lays	7	60	4325	1	_lays
plays	10	63	2077	1	plays
slays	8	57	2368	1	slays

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	16	0.516	55728.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	0.579	308620.0