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

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

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
silk	8	55	2932	(None)
bilk	10	58	2442	1	bilk
ilk	7	83	2530	1	_ilk
milk	10	50	2847	1	milk
sick	10	64	3557	1	sick
sild	5	50	3058	1	sild
silks	9	46	2068	1	silks
silky	12	53	1582	1	silky
sill	4	55	4515	1	sill
silo	4	60	3791	1	silo
silt	4	65	5819	1	silt
sink	8	66	4014	1	sink
sulk	8	53	2665	1	sulk

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	13983	0.250	714764.0
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	13	0.236	59250.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	0.486	367677.0