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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “afield” 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
afield	10	3	595	(None)
field	9	50	1532	1	_field
ailed	6	62	4028	2	a_iled
airfield	12	4	314	2	airfield
ariel	5	52	2897	2	ariel_
ariels	6	51	1937	2	ariels
ariled	7	56	2032	2	ariled
bield	8	46	1465	2	_bield
canfield	14	4	433	2	canfield
chield	12	46	1021	2	chield
failed	10	54	2160	2	failed
fields	10	42	1104	2	_fields
fiend	9	53	1298	2	_fiend
filed	9	53	3190	2	_filed
fjeld	16	46	558	2	_fjeld
hayfield	18	10	207	2	hayfield
infield	11	3	582	2	infield
shield	10	62	1297	2	shield
upfield	13	4	303	2	upfield
wield	9	52	1391	2	_wield
yield	9	51	969	2	_yield

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	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.220	37185.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.562	69746.7