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

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

23 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
beglad	10	13	846	(None)
beglads	11	12	726	1	beglads
ballad	9	43	1532	2	ballad
bead	7	59	3792	2	be__ad
bedlam	11	4	927	2	bedlam
beflag	12	6	588	2	beflag
begall	9	26	1072	2	begall
began	8	63	1957	2	beg_an
begat	8	66	2972	2	beg_at
beggar	10	32	822	2	beggar
begged	11	50	1381	2	begged
begird	10	3	682	2	begird
behead	12	3	992	2	behead
belady	12	48	993	2	be_lady
belaud	9	3	913	2	be_laud
belay	10	50	2152	2	be_lay
belga	8	3	1323	2	belga_
belgas	9	3	1171	2	belgas
belled	9	46	2619	2	belled
bugled	10	49	1813	2	bugled
egad	6	42	1541	2	_eg_ad
glad	6	56	2401	2	__glad
reclad	9	3	1187	2	reclad

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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.736	65311.0