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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ballyards” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
ballyards	15	4	499	(None)
ballyard	14	4	589	1	ballyard_
backyards	21	4	653	2	backyards
ballads	10	42	1291	2	ball_a_ds
ballparks	17	4	320	2	ballparks
ballyrags	15	4	307	2	ballyrags
barnyards	15	4	349	2	barnyards
bayards	13	37	968	2	ba__yards
billiards	12	4	502	2	billiards
bollards	11	33	915	2	boll_ards
galliards	11	9	454	2	galliards
halliards	13	10	493	2	halliards
halyards	15	7	624	2	ha_lyards
haulyards	16	8	283	2	haulyards
kailyards	17	4	320	2	kailyards
kaleyards	17	7	329	2	kaleyards
mallards	11	3	832	2	mall_ards

Search took 4 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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.420	35507.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.812	46875.9