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

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

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81 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
foleys	12	38	1046	(None)
fleys	11	70	1560	1	f_leys
fogeys	13	50	926	1	fogeys
foley	11	52	2230	1	foley_
alleys	9	51	1330	2	alleys
bogeys	12	45	1091	2	bogeys
boles	7	54	4860	2	bole_s
colbys	13	40	715	2	colbys
coles	7	60	5506	2	cole_s
coleus	8	68	1827	2	coleus
coneys	11	52	1842	2	coneys
cooeys	11	49	1448	2	cooeys
coseys	11	52	1581	2	coseys
coveys	14	54	1350	2	coveys
cozeys	20	46	1091	2	cozeys
dogeys	11	55	1066	2	dogeys
doles	6	78	4375	2	dole_s
doyleys	14	38	492	2	doyleys
filers	9	46	2372	2	filers
files	8	54	4127	2	file_s
filets	9	47	1895	2	filets
flays	11	63	2105	2	f_lays
fleas	8	64	2366	2	f_leas
flees	8	58	2875	2	f_lees
flews	11	53	1644	2	f_lews
fley	10	66	2685	2	f_ley_
floes	8	55	2814	2	floe_s
foes	7	65	4344	2	fo_e_s
fogey	12	56	1787	2	fogey_
fogless	11	3	819	2	fogless
folders	11	35	1439	2	folders
folds	9	52	2169	2	fol_ds
folios	9	39	1546	2	folios
folks	12	60	1712	2	fol_ks
folksy	16	48	498	2	folksy
folky	15	92	1471	2	folky_
folles	9	38	2047	2	folles
follis	9	31	1390	2	follis
folly	11	50	2260	2	folly_
forays	12	48	1300	2	forays
fores	8	58	4710	2	fore_s
foveas	12	3	862	2	foveas
fowlers	13	34	1120	2	fowlers
foxes	15	63	2109	2	foxe_s
foyers	12	54	1313	2	foyers
foys	10	56	2829	2	fo__ys
gleys	9	65	1485	2	_gleys
golems	9	3	932	2	golems
holes	8	47	4865	2	hole_s
holey	11	56	2690	2	holey_
homeys	14	50	1287	2	homeys
honeys	12	40	1608	2	honeys
hooeys	12	55	1231	2	hooeys
hoseys	12	46	1400	2	hoseys
joeys	15	51	804	2	jo_eys
joles	12	52	3083	2	jole_s
leys	7	64	3018	2	__leys
looeys	9	51	1012	2	looeys
moles	7	47	4792	2	mole_s
moneys	11	55	1362	2	moneys
mooleys	12	3	686	2	mooleys
moseys	11	47	1170	2	moseys
motleys	12	3	568	2	motleys
muleys	11	40	964	2	muleys
obeys	10	70	1064	2	_obeys
oleos	5	54	1968	2	_oleos
oles	4	64	5347	2	_ole_s
pogeys	12	41	1035	2	pogeys
pokeys	15	52	951	2	pokeys
poleis	8	60	1835	2	poleis
polers	8	42	2564	2	polers
poles	7	53	5100	2	pole_s
poleyn	11	5	732	2	poleyn
poleyns	12	3	611	2	poleyns
polys	10	57	1876	2	pol_ys
roles	5	67	4798	2	role_s
soles	5	55	4792	2	sole_s
soleus	6	46	1561	2	soleus
toles	5	51	4713	2	tole_s
voles	8	62	3404	2	vole_s
volleys	13	31	664	2	volleys

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	82551	0.106	1685764.2
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	81	3.003	27489.5
3	Display Results	81	81	0.030	2700.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	81	3.139	56926.1