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

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

20 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
predry	12	3	787	(None)
redry	9	43	1436	1	_redry
dreary	10	46	1167	2	dreary
pedro	8	3	1315	2	p_edro
peery	10	57	1944	2	p_eery
perdy	11	54	1733	2	perd_y
perry	10	52	2271	2	p_erry
poetry	11	3	938	2	poetry
prearm	10	45	1235	2	prearm
prebuy	13	5	742	2	prebuy
prepay	13	3	1031	2	prepay
preppy	12	3	552	2	preppy
pretty	11	5	1087	2	pretty
prexy	17	46	1158	2	pre_xy
prey	9	62	2848	2	pre__y
priory	11	41	1026	2	priory
prudery	13	3	525	2	prudery
redly	9	42	1720	2	_redly
refry	11	44	1246	2	_refry
retry	8	47	1808	2	_retry

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	82551	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	8.190	10079.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.579	20828.9