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

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

24 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
mislays	12	34	924	(None)
mislay	11	35	1068	1	mislay_
misplays	15	5	554	1	misplays
missays	12	40	1025	1	missays
dismays	13	23	743	2	dismays
displays	14	4	629	2	displays
inlays	9	38	987	2	_inlays
middays	14	33	566	2	middays
midways	16	38	618	2	midways
misclass	12	4	684	2	misclass
miseats	9	28	1578	2	miseats
mishaps	14	3	872	2	mishaps
miskals	13	36	976	2	miskals
mislaid	10	3	930	2	mislaid
mislain	9	3	1124	2	mislain
mislayer	13	3	750	2	mislayer
mislayers	14	4	594	2	mislayers
misleads	11	35	854	2	misleads
mislies	9	29	2228	2	mislies
misplans	12	3	886	2	misplans
misplay	14	3	638	2	misplay_
missals	9	39	1442	2	missals
missay	11	41	1214	2	missay_
slays	8	57	2368	2	__slays

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	2.830	38046.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.203	55788.6