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

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

18 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
portrayal	14	4	247	(None)
portrayals	15	5	200	1	portrayals
portray	12	3	748	2	portray__
portrayed	15	6	410	2	portrayed
portrayer	14	6	400	2	portrayer
portrays	13	4	529	2	portray_s
arrayal	10	5	584	3	_ar_rayal
betrayal	13	4	359	3	_betrayal
portal	8	42	1846	3	port___al
portapak	16	4	234	3	port_apak
portrait	10	5	1032	3	portra_it
portraits	11	4	680	3	portraits
portrayers	15	5	360	3	portrayers
portraying	16	4	516	3	portraying
postanal	10	4	805	3	post_anal
postcaval	16	6	291	3	postcaval
postnasal	11	4	303	3	postnasal
postnatal	11	4	446	3	postnatal

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	18	6.580	22589.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.016	25469.1