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

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

21 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
pelota	8	6	1283	(None)
pelotas	9	4	1072	1	pelotas
delta	6	61	1777	2	del_ta
flota	8	53	1564	2	_flota
helot	8	53	3268	2	helot_
helots	9	52	1770	2	helots
lota	4	72	3350	2	__lota
pelite	8	43	2300	2	pelite
pelon	7	44	2321	2	pelo_n
peloria	9	3	1095	2	peloria
peloton	9	3	874	2	peloton
pelt	6	76	5108	2	pel_t_
pelts	7	61	2881	2	pel_ts
peseta	8	3	1057	2	peseta
peyote	11	3	985	2	peyote
peyotl	11	4	623	2	peyotl
pilot	7	74	3506	2	pilot_
pilots	8	40	1887	2	pilots
plot	6	61	4123	2	p_lot_
plots	7	50	2567	2	p_lots
plotz	16	46	1700	2	p_lotz

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	21	2.343	35233.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.686	66526.8