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

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

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.

20 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
layer	8	46	2647	(None)
flayer	12	47	1356	1	flayer
gayer	9	45	1919	1	gayer
hayer	11	46	2024	1	hayer
lacer	7	58	3375	1	lacer
lader	6	56	3372	1	lader
lager	6	51	3286	1	lager
laker	9	54	3287	1	laker
lamer	7	52	3370	1	lamer
laser	5	46	3332	1	laser
later	5	48	4392	1	later
laver	8	50	3179	1	laver
lawyer	12	38	697	1	lawyer
laxer	12	54	2033	1	laxer
layed	9	51	2738	1	layed
layers	9	39	2118	1	layers
payer	10	51	2572	1	payer
player	11	52	1521	1	player
sayer	8	49	2655	1	sayer
slayer	9	39	1633	1	slayer

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	28756	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	20	0.640	44931.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	0.732	244113.4