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

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

17 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
smileys	12	33	632	(None)
smilers	9	41	1384	1	smilers
smiles	8	45	2229	1	smile_s
smiley	11	40	1230	1	smiley_
baileys	12	38	893	2	baileys
milers	8	46	2516	2	_milers
miles	7	46	4507	2	_mile_s
muleys	11	40	964	2	_muleys
sailers	7	38	2231	2	sailers
similes	9	29	1523	2	simile_s
smile	7	48	2392	2	smile__
smiled	9	37	1643	2	smile_d
smiler	8	39	1668	2	smile_r
smiters	9	34	1436	2	smiters
smites	8	39	2192	2	smite_s
spiles	8	42	2791	2	spile_s
stiles	6	43	2876	2	stile_s

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	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.810	28260.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.969	45021.7