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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gainsayer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
gainsayer	13	4	213	(None)
gainsayers	14	4	187	1	gainsayers
gainsay	11	4	404	2	gainsay__
gainsays	12	4	351	2	gainsay_s
assayer	10	3	557	3	_a_ssayer
gainer	7	41	1749	3	gain___er
gainlier	9	6	567	3	gain_lier
gainsaid	10	4	389	3	gainsa_id
gainsaying	15	4	279	3	gainsaying
ganister	9	17	899	3	ganis_ter
glissader	11	4	240	3	glissader
inlayer	10	3	693	3	__inlayer
insaner	7	3	1044	3	__insaner
manslayer	14	4	295	3	ma_nslayer
naysayer	14	4	258	3	na_ysayer
rainmaker	15	4	439	3	rainmaker
rainwater	12	4	457	3	rainwater

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.423	20024.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.846	22774.8