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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “folksy” 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
folksy	16	48	498	(None)
folks	12	60	1712	1	folks_
folky	15	92	1471	1	folk_y
floosy	12	36	815	2	floosy
flossy	12	51	770	2	flossy
folds	9	52	2169	2	folds_
foley	11	52	2230	2	fol_ey
foleys	12	38	1046	2	foleys
folk	11	60	2154	2	folk__
folkie	13	36	961	2	folkie
folkish	17	3	656	2	folkish
folksily	18	4	344	2	folksily
folkway	20	4	335	2	folkway
folly	11	50	2260	2	fol_ly
footsy	12	58	793	2	footsy
forks	12	53	2468	2	forks_
forky	15	61	1964	2	fork_y
holks	12	47	2056	2	holks_
yolks	12	54	1277	2	yolks_
yolky	15	52	952	2	yolk_y

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.920	28270.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.279	54495.6