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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “protyls” 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
protyls	12	29	846	(None)
propyls	14	30	819	1	propyls
protyl	11	30	821	1	protyl_
protyle	12	22	945	1	protyle
protyles	13	24	983	1	protyles
trotyls	10	23	603	1	trotyls
pentyls	12	3	652	2	pentyls
portals	9	40	1556	2	portals
propels	11	34	1284	2	propels
propyl	13	35	818	2	propyl_
propyla	14	29	663	2	propyla
prostyle	13	18	727	2	prostyle
prostyles	14	15	711	2	prostyles
proteas	9	20	1512	2	proteas
proteus	9	25	1159	2	proteus
protons	9	31	1800	2	protons
prowls	11	55	1108	2	pro_wls
rotls	5	56	2016	2	_rot_ls
trotyl	9	23	667	2	trotyl_

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.346	32179.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.762	47498.9