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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
lac	5	101	5582	(None)
la	2	192	6163	1	la_
lab	5	88	6478	1	lab
lace	6	68	4847	1	lace
lack	10	58	3768	1	lack
lacs	6	69	4248	1	lacs
lacy	9	58	2963	1	lacy
lad	4	81	6570	1	lad
lag	4	78	6212	1	lag
laic	6	59	3156	1	laic
lam	5	76	6671	1	lam
lap	5	85	6527	1	lap
lar	3	79	6753	1	lar
las	3	72	8147	1	las
lat	3	75	9340	1	lat
lav	6	68	4734	1	lav
law	6	86	5664	1	law
lax	10	76	5152	1	lax
lay	6	88	6535	1	lay
mac	7	80	5392	1	mac
pac	7	90	5408	1	pac
sac	5	74	5286	1	sac
vac	8	65	3714	1	vac

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	23	0.313	16440.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.579	308620.0