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

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

21 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
ghylls	13	3	514	(None)
ghyll	12	4	632	1	ghyll_
chills	11	47	1770	2	chills
chyles	14	48	1328	2	chyles
galls	6	47	2932	2	g_alls
gayals	10	3	951	2	gayals
ghouls	10	3	604	2	ghouls
gills	6	47	2819	2	g_ills
grills	7	43	1480	2	grills
gulls	6	52	2298	2	g_ulls
halls	8	56	3378	2	_halls
hells	8	50	3204	2	_hells
hills	8	54	3135	2	_hills
hulls	8	49	2356	2	_hulls
hylas	11	48	1590	2	_hylas
idylls	10	42	525	2	idylls
phyllo	14	3	587	2	phyllo
phyllos	15	3	558	2	phyllos
shells	9	43	1952	2	shells
shills	9	45	1961	2	shills
thills	9	55	1538	2	thills

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.233	36968.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.592	68939.4