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

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

12 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
naysay	12	3	497	(None)
naysays	13	4	412	1	naysays
anyway	15	3	480	2	anyway
assay	8	7	1028	2	_assay
mayday	15	3	588	2	mayday
nasal	5	62	1759	2	na_sal
nasty	8	57	1728	2	na_sty
nays	7	59	3159	2	nays__
naysaid	11	4	531	2	naysaid
naysayer	14	4	258	2	naysayer
payday	15	3	661	2	payday
waylay	15	3	545	2	waylay

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	12	2.843	29036.6
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.236	55219.7