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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mayfly” 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
mayfly	17	3	440	(None)
dayfly	16	3	381	1	dayfly
barfly	14	33	965	2	barfly
gadfly	14	3	466	2	gadfly
gayly	12	45	1309	2	gay_ly
madly	11	52	1813	2	ma_dly
mainly	11	4	1149	2	mainly
manly	10	50	2295	2	ma_nly
marbly	13	41	1193	2	marbly
marly	10	69	2561	2	ma_rly
mayday	15	3	588	2	mayday
mazily	20	6	1039	2	mazily
medfly	15	3	522	2	medfly
sawfly	15	3	513	2	sawfly
waffly	18	30	543	2	waffly

Search took 7 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	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	5.173	15958.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.423	35.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.096	29312.8