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

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

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
malady	12	3	786	(None)
milady	12	3	661	1	milady
alary	8	61	2344	2	_alary
baldy	11	55	1893	2	bal_dy
belady	12	48	993	2	belady
galaxy	17	47	631	2	galaxy
glady	10	54	1394	2	_glady
lady	8	65	2715	2	__lady
malar	7	64	2444	2	mala_r
malarky	16	4	543	2	malarky
malars	8	50	2068	2	malars
malate	8	46	2455	2	malate
malmy	12	48	1634	2	mal_my
malty	10	67	2170	2	mal_ty
maundy	12	50	678	2	maundy
mayday	15	3	587	2	mayday
melody	12	3	720	2	melody
miladi	9	3	888	2	miladi
moldy	11	50	1465	2	mol_dy
salad	6	53	2183	2	salad_
salads	7	53	1696	2	salads
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	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	3.140	26290.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.313	53936.3