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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “selkie” 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
selkie	10	28	1169	(None)
selkies	11	35	1335	1	selkies
silkie	10	33	1340	1	silkie
alkie	9	55	2003	2	_alkie
belie	7	56	3038	2	bel_ie
belike	12	46	1628	2	belike
folkie	13	36	961	2	folkie
kelpie	12	30	861	2	kelpie
nellie	6	36	1481	2	nellie
saltie	6	34	2243	2	saltie
selle	5	44	2831	2	sel_le
sheltie	10	10	991	2	sheltie
sickie	12	37	1574	2	sickie
silkier	11	44	1164	2	silkier
silkies	11	37	1569	2	silkies
sulkier	11	38	1196	2	sulkier
sulkies	11	43	1576	2	sulkies
talkie	10	39	1444	2	talkie
tekkie	9	3	420	2	tekkie
welkin	13	3	731	2	welkin
wellie	9	28	1491	2	wellie

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.250	36689.3
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.360	75716.5