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

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

23 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
pedlars	10	32	1021	(None)
medlars	10	25	944	1	medlars
pedlar	9	33	1127	1	pedlar_
pedlary	13	27	754	1	pedlary
pedlers	10	30	1327	1	pedlers
bedlams	12	3	705	2	bedlams
cedars	9	33	1283	2	ced_ars
cellars	9	37	1369	2	cellars
medlar	9	30	1046	2	medlar_
pears	7	51	3861	2	pe__ars
pedalers	11	23	939	2	pedalers
pedalos	10	32	970	2	pedalos
pedals	9	43	1603	2	ped_als
peddlers	12	29	853	2	peddlers
pedlaries	12	10	878	2	pedlaries
pedler	9	36	1462	2	pedler_
pedlery	13	29	708	2	pedlery
peelers	9	36	1559	2	peelers
pillars	9	3	1349	2	pillars
polars	8	44	1935	2	p_olars
poplars	11	39	1033	2	poplars
redears	8	28	1445	2	redears
velars	9	39	1372	2	ve_lars

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.283	32796.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.669	48702.9