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

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

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31 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
frayings	15	32	599	(None)
framings	14	33	813	1	framings
fraying	14	34	1343	1	fraying_
bracings	13	36	929	2	bracings
braying	13	44	1631	2	braying_
cravings	14	42	822	2	cravings
drawings	13	38	628	2	drawings
draying	12	38	1384	2	draying_
facings	13	45	1126	2	f_acings
fadings	12	46	930	2	f_adings
farmings	14	29	822	2	farmings
faying	13	45	2107	2	f_aying_
flaying	14	39	1446	2	flaying_
flyings	14	49	606	2	f_lyings
foraying	15	3	743	2	foraying_
fraggings	15	32	424	2	fraggings
framing	13	30	1479	2	framing_
frying	13	45	1140	2	fr_ying_
gratings	10	39	1076	2	gratings
graying	12	41	1588	2	graying_
graylings	14	3	388	2	graylings
grazings	19	33	726	2	grazings
hayings	14	37	939	2	_hayings
mayings	13	44	1051	2	_mayings
praying	13	37	1732	2	praying_
racings	10	50	1513	2	_racings
ratings	8	42	1741	2	_ratings
ravings	11	46	1450	2	_ravings
raying	10	50	2719	2	_raying_
sayings	11	36	1083	2	_sayings
tracings	11	29	1041	2	tracings

Search took 9 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	121059	0.686	260482.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	31	8.140	14872.1
3	Display Results	31	31	0.016	1937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	31	8.842	20209.3