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

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

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
prelacy	14	3	758	(None)
preach	13	36	1392	2	pre_ach
preachy	17	30	731	2	pre_achy
preact	10	32	2039	2	pre_act
preface	14	5	1092	2	preface
prelate	9	5	1969	2	prelate
prelaw	11	3	910	2	prela_w
prelect	11	10	1383	2	prelect
prepack	17	5	764	2	prepack
prepay	13	3	1031	2	prepa_y
preplace	14	8	897	2	preplace
prerace	11	4	1412	2	prerace
primacy	16	3	560	2	primacy
privacy	17	4	423	2	privacy
relace	8	31	2215	2	_relace
relay	8	44	2467	2	_rela_y

Search took 7 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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	6.623	16257.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.952	25703.5