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

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

22 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
layed	9	51	2738	(None)
bayed	11	54	2302	1	bayed
clayed	12	50	1304	1	clayed
fayed	12	64	2215	1	fayed
flayed	13	44	1405	1	flayed
hayed	12	58	2201	1	hayed
laced	8	71	3264	1	laced
laded	7	42	3261	1	laded
laked	10	57	3112	1	laked
lamed	8	52	3529	1	lamed
lased	6	51	3234	1	lased
lated	6	52	4067	1	lated
laved	9	50	2859	1	laved
lawed	9	60	2832	1	lawed
layer	8	46	2647	1	layer
lazed	15	49	2584	1	lazed
mayed	11	55	2240	1	mayed
payed	11	59	2593	1	payed
played	12	48	1503	1	played
rayed	9	51	2750	1	rayed
sayed	9	61	2714	1	sayed
slayed	10	47	1622	1	slayed

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	28756	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	22	0.533	53951.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	0.622	287284.6