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

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

27 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
visual	9	3	880	(None)
visuals	10	3	685	1	visuals
casual	8	11	1286	2	casual
dismal	9	24	1224	2	dismal
distal	7	36	1577	2	distal
fiscal	11	3	933	2	fiscal
miskal	12	37	1026	2	miskal
missal	8	43	1490	2	missal
ritual	6	3	1062	2	ritual
sisal	5	42	1773	2	sis_al
tissual	7	4	519	2	tissual
usual	5	3	1018	2	_usual
vasal	8	55	1629	2	vas_al
vassal	9	7	924	2	vassal
vestal	9	46	1557	2	vestal
vial	7	67	3109	2	vi__al
victual	12	4	625	2	victual
vinal	8	57	2581	2	vi_nal
vineal	9	48	1474	2	vineal
viral	8	64	1959	2	vi_ral
virtual	10	4	591	2	virtual
visa	7	63	2387	2	vis_a_
visas	8	43	1765	2	vis_as
vista	8	54	1660	2	vista_
vistas	9	45	1327	2	vistas
visually	14	6	549	2	visually
vital	8	48	1967	2	vi_tal

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.093	39441.5
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.452	72875.6