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

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

13 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
paralegal	12	4	496	(None)
paralegals	13	5	374	1	paralegals
prelegal	11	4	504	2	p_relegal
extralegal	18	5	274	3	extralegal
paleal	8	47	1667	3	p__ale_al
paradisal	12	4	688	3	paradisal
parallax	17	4	564	3	paral_lax
parallel	10	4	746	3	paral_lel
paraplegia	15	5	337	3	paraplegia
paraplegias	16	5	305	3	paraplegias
paraplegic	17	5	321	3	paraplegic
parasexual	19	5	294	3	parasexual
parietal	10	4	877	3	par_ietal

Search took 9 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	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	8.000	18580.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.173	21863.6