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

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

14 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
gayety	13	11	638	(None)
gaiety	10	11	937	1	gaiety
gadgety	13	35	616	2	gadgety
gamely	12	47	1191	2	gamely
gamete	9	3	1359	2	gamete
gamey	11	53	2055	2	game_y
gargety	12	38	804	2	gargety
gaseity	11	3	511	2	gaseity
gayer	9	45	1919	2	gaye_r
gayest	10	43	1433	2	gayest
gayly	12	45	1309	2	gay_ly
gleety	10	47	919	2	gleety
hayey	14	48	1253	2	haye_y
safety	12	20	691	2	safety

Search took 3 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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	14	2.280	36206.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	2.626	68046.8