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

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

13 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
maydays	16	3	449	(None)
mayday	15	3	588	1	mayday_
paydays	16	3	443	1	paydays
gaydars	12	3	580	2	gaydars
heydays	17	3	414	2	heydays
madams	11	3	1094	2	ma_dams
margays	13	3	749	2	margays
mayas	10	59	2438	2	may_a_s
middays	14	33	566	2	middays
naysays	13	4	412	2	naysays
payday	15	3	661	2	payday_
playdays	17	4	297	2	playdays
waylays	16	3	467	2	waylays

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	107671	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	3.233	33303.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.626	49280.5