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

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

25 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
alkyl	12	51	804	(None)
alky	11	59	2034	1	alky_
alkyd	13	53	709	1	alkyd
alkyls	13	46	572	1	alkyls
allyl	8	53	1054	1	allyl
acyl	9	53	1429	2	a_cyl
alanyl	9	5	548	2	alanyl
aldol	6	12	1233	2	aldol
algal	6	65	1822	2	algal
aliya	8	37	1348	2	aliya
alkali	10	12	756	2	alkali
alkie	9	55	2003	2	alkie
alkyds	14	40	436	2	alkyds
alkylic	16	17	423	2	alkylic
alkyne	13	43	686	2	alkyne
all	3	61	4823	2	al__l
ally	7	69	3564	2	ally_
allyls	9	43	727	2	allyls
alphyl	14	8	408	2	alphyl
amyl	9	55	1510	2	a_myl
aryl	7	59	2234	2	a_ryl
balky	14	54	1824	2	balky_
laky	11	67	2582	2	laky_
talky	12	62	1568	2	talky_
valkyr	16	3	240	2	valkyr

Search took 2 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	53800	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	25	1.483	36277.8
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	1.812	98615.3