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

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

19 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
galaxy	17	47	631	(None)
galax	13	53	1446	1	galax_
alary	8	61	2344	2	_alary
ataxy	15	3	731	2	_ataxy
flaxy	18	90	1229	2	_flaxy
gala	5	56	3516	2	gala__
galago	8	3	890	2	galago
galah	9	59	1762	2	gala_h
galahs	10	55	1267	2	galahs
galas	6	57	3164	2	gala_s
galaxes	15	3	887	2	galaxes
galley	10	42	1545	2	galley
gally	9	50	2617	2	gal_ly
gamay	11	64	1910	2	gama_y
glady	10	54	1394	2	g_lady
glary	9	60	1854	2	g_lary
glazy	18	74	1098	2	g_lazy
malady	12	3	786	2	malady
salary	9	5	1521	2	salary

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.936	28116.8
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.062	58357.6