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

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

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
alibies	9	3	1332	(None)
alibied	10	3	814	1	alibied
alibis	8	3	1107	1	alibi_s
albites	9	3	1320	2	albites
aliases	7	9	1449	2	aliases
alibi	7	5	1423	2	alibi__
alible	8	3	1197	2	alible_
alines	6	57	3522	2	ali_nes
alkies	10	45	1809	2	al_kies
allies	6	38	2767	2	al_lies
amities	9	3	1738	2	amities
bilbies	11	47	1234	2	bilbies
calibres	12	3	710	2	calibres
laities	7	3	2034	2	laities
lambies	11	30	1511	2	lambies
lilies	6	30	2141	2	_lilies
salifies	11	3	1479	2	salifies

Search took 5 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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.640	29579.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.030	44340.2