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

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

18 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
playlike	17	3	561	(None)
claylike	17	3	446	1	claylike
clamlike	16	3	516	2	clamlike
clawlike	17	3	391	2	clawlike
ladylike	16	3	468	2	_ladylike
lawlike	14	13	707	2	_lawlike
palmlike	16	5	604	2	palmlike
palsylike	18	4	270	2	palsylike
peaklike	13	11	537	2	peaklike
pealike	13	12	1127	2	pea_like
plantlike	15	4	494	2	plantlike
platelike	15	4	614	2	platelike
playlist	13	4	757	2	playlist
playtime	15	4	479	2	playtime
plumlike	16	4	379	2	plumlike
quaylike	24	3	414	2	quaylike
raylike	14	26	925	2	_raylike
slablike	14	3	567	2	slablike

Search took 5 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.983	30393.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.405	40565.5