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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “zip” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
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
zip	14	66	3622	(None)
dip	6	78	4898	1	dip
gip	6	76	4536	1	gip
hip	8	67	5043	1	hip
kip	9	70	4213	1	kip
lip	5	147	5580	1	lip
nip	5	69	4598	1	nip
pip	7	80	5104	1	pip
rip	5	68	5130	1	rip
sip	5	76	5601	1	sip
tip	5	65	5122	1	tip
yip	8	72	4117	1	yip
zap	14	58	4069	1	zap
zep	14	71	2914	1	zep
zig	13	69	3190	1	zig
zin	12	56	4377	1	zin
zips	15	57	2379	1	zips
zit	12	60	4999	1	zit

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	18	0.156	32987.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	0.236	757165.3