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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “airway” 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
airway	12	3	769	(None)
airways	13	3	624	1	airways
fairway	16	4	433	1	fairway
airbag	9	5	696	2	airbag
airily	9	30	1482	2	airily
airman	8	24	1423	2	airman
airplay	12	4	548	2	airplay
airward	11	4	813	2	airward
airwave	13	4	443	2	airwave
airy	7	57	3416	2	air__y
alway	11	61	1392	2	a_lway
anyway	15	3	480	2	anyway
array	8	63	1715	2	a_rray
away	10	80	2422	2	a__way
fairways	17	4	387	2	fairways
midway	15	32	715	2	midway
oilway	12	3	574	2	oilway
railway	13	4	531	2	railway
stairway	14	6	292	2	stairway
wireway	16	4	604	2	wireway

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	20	2.500	33020.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.859	62501.2