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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “parlayed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
parlayed	14	3	582	(None)
parleyed	14	3	624	1	parleyed
allayed	11	13	806	2	_allayed
arrayed	11	11	716	2	_arrayed
palaced	12	41	1078	2	pa_laced
paraded	11	40	1426	2	par_aded
paralysed	15	4	574	2	paralysed
paralyzed	24	4	529	2	paralyzed
parbaked	17	3	550	2	parbaked
parlay	11	37	1399	2	parlay__
parlays	12	39	1045	2	parlay_s
parled	9	46	2629	2	parl__ed
parleyer	13	3	563	2	parleyer
parsleyed	15	4	335	2	parsleyed
played	12	48	1503	2	p__layed
prayed	12	48	1543	2	p_r_ayed

Search took 6 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	121059	0.810	220606.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.750	25486.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.576	32046.4