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

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

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
bald	7	64	3290	(None)
bad	6	77	6315	1	ba_d
bal	5	66	6272	1	bal_
balds	8	55	2464	1	balds
baldy	11	55	1893	1	baldy
bale	6	63	5384	1	bale
baled	8	54	3644	1	baled
balk	10	51	3222	1	balk
ball	6	60	4332	1	ball
balm	8	55	3420	1	balm
bals	6	63	5404	1	bals
band	7	67	4090	1	band
bard	7	56	4886	1	bard
baud	7	49	2842	1	baud
bawd	10	55	2084	1	bawd
bold	7	54	3281	1	bold
yald	8	69	2060	1	yald

Search took 2 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	13983	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	17	0.860	16259.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	1.046	170832.7