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

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

15 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
knawel	13	41	541	(None)
knawe	12	39	788	1	knawe_
knawels	14	34	468	1	knawels
knawes	13	32	839	1	knawes
enamel	8	12	1011	2	enamel
gnawed	11	42	783	2	gnawed
gnawer	10	38	695	2	gnawer
knave	12	38	946	2	knave_
knaves	13	43	952	2	knaves
kneel	9	50	1203	2	kn_eel
knower	13	3	708	2	knower
navel	8	70	1657	2	_navel
newel	8	61	1413	2	_newel
snawed	10	48	1373	2	snawed
unawed	10	39	1490	2	unawed

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	2.470	33421.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.596	68833.2