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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mayday” 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
mayday	15	3	587	(None)
maydays	16	3	448	1	maydays
payday	15	3	661	1	payday
gaydar	11	3	550	2	gaydar
heyday	16	3	514	2	heyday
madam	10	3	1622	2	ma_dam
madly	11	52	1813	2	ma_dly
malady	12	3	786	2	malady
margay	12	3	1059	2	margay
maya	9	58	2458	2	may_a_
mayan	10	56	1690	2	may_an
mayas	10	59	2438	2	may_as
mayfly	17	3	440	2	mayfly
mayhap	16	3	523	2	mayhap
midday	13	32	750	2	midday
naysay	12	3	497	2	naysay
paydays	16	3	443	2	paydays
playday	16	4	382	2	playday
waylay	15	3	545	2	waylay

Search took 7 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	0.216	827273.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	5.830	14159.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.059	29491.8