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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “alanyl” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
alanyl	9	5	548	(None)
alanyls	10	8	435	1	alanyls
adenyl	10	3	502	2	adenyl
alan	4	68	4408	2	alan__
aland	6	55	2641	2	alan_d
alands	7	54	1837	2	alands
alane	5	61	3561	2	alan_e
alang	6	60	2351	2	alan_g
alanin	6	3	1727	2	alanin
alans	5	56	3617	2	alan_s
alant	5	57	4229	2	alan_t
alants	6	77	2202	2	alants
alary	8	61	2344	2	alary_
alkyl	12	51	804	2	al_kyl
allyl	8	53	1054	2	al_lyl
alphyl	14	8	408	2	alphyl
uranyl	9	3	629	2	uranyl

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	2.686	30733.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.812	63545.9