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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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22 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
lethal	9	3	980	(None)
lethals	10	3	811	1	lethals
benthal	12	4	795	2	benthal
bethel	11	6	964	2	bethel
ethyl	11	3	651	2	_ethyl
fetal	8	56	2337	2	fet_al
fetial	9	57	1619	2	fetial
leal	4	60	4327	2	le__al
legal	6	57	1594	2	le_gal
lethally	14	4	592	2	lethally
lethe	8	57	1730	2	leth_e
lethean	10	3	709	2	lethean
lethes	9	48	1808	2	lethes
luteal	6	44	1148	2	luteal
metal	7	54	2738	2	met_al
methyl	14	3	640	2	methyl
petal	7	65	2689	2	pet_al
retial	6	47	2499	2	retial
retral	6	44	1974	2	retral
setal	5	64	3090	2	set_al
unlethal	11	4	362	2	unlethal
withal	12	3	893	2	withal

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	22	2.173	37989.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.516	71021.9