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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “payola” 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
payola	11	20	811	(None)
payolas	12	14	897	1	payolas
canola	8	3	1362	2	canola
paella	8	4	1091	2	paella
pagoda	10	48	787	2	pagoda
pakora	12	4	728	2	pakora
papula	10	30	1111	2	papula
parol	7	48	2627	2	parol_
parole	8	44	2525	2	parole
parols	8	47	2261	2	parols
payload	13	3	640	2	payload
payoff	17	3	602	2	payoff
payor	10	54	1384	2	payo_r
payors	11	43	1264	2	payors
payout	11	7	1465	2	payout
payroll	12	4	561	2	payroll
phyla	13	46	918	2	phy_la
psylla	11	3	395	2	psylla
pyrola	11	3	900	2	pyrola

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.216	37252.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.559	69828.4