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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “dismals” 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
dismals	10	20	1024	(None)
dismal	9	24	1224	1	dismal_
dismays	13	23	743	1	dismays
desmans	10	3	900	2	desmans
dials	6	49	2534	2	di__als
disbars	10	3	1032	2	disbars
dismaler	11	3	790	2	dismaler
dismalest	12	4	631	2	dismalest
dismally	14	4	651	2	dismally
dismast	10	3	1123	2	dismast
dismasts	11	3	751	2	dismasts
dismay	12	22	947	2	disma_y
dismes	9	56	1767	2	dism_es
dismiss	10	3	815	2	dismiss
dispels	10	3	1050	2	dispels
distal	7	36	1577	2	distal_
distils	8	30	1580	2	distils
dossals	8	37	929	2	dossals
fiscals	12	3	800	2	fiscals
gimmals	12	22	582	2	gimmals
kismats	13	25	784	2	kismats
miskals	13	36	976	2	miskals
missals	9	39	1442	2	missals
sisals	6	30	1357	2	sis_als
visuals	10	3	685	2	visuals

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	107671	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.762	47498.9