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

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

22 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
merrily	12	3	863	(None)
aerily	9	30	1701	2	ae_rily
eerily	9	29	1356	2	_eerily
furrily	13	3	761	2	furrily
jerkily	21	3	462	2	jerkily
leerily	10	3	763	2	leerily
meatily	12	3	1109	2	meatily
merely	11	13	1259	2	me_rely
merrier	9	26	1230	2	merrier
merry	10	47	2149	2	merr__y
messily	12	29	881	2	messily
metrify	15	3	562	2	metrify
mirkily	16	26	640	2	mirkily
murkily	16	28	711	2	murkily
nervily	13	3	686	2	nervily
perkily	16	3	781	2	perkily
sorrily	10	3	983	2	sorrily
tearily	10	3	1115	2	tearily
terribly	13	4	492	2	terribly
terrify	13	3	635	2	terrify
verily	12	26	1605	2	ve_rily
wearily	13	3	878	2	wearily

Search took 5 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	22	3.610	29825.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.032	44318.2