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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “naysayers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

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
naysayers	15	4	235	(None)
naysayer	14	4	258	1	naysayer_
assayers	11	4	484	2	_assayers
naysays	13	4	412	2	naysay__s
waylayers	18	4	294	2	waylayers
allayers	11	15	663	3	_allayers
arrayers	11	12	585	3	_arrayers
assayer	10	3	557	3	_assayer_
essayers	11	3	356	3	_essayers
gainsayers	14	4	187	3	gainsayers
haymakers	21	10	455	3	haymakers
kayakers	14	6	361	3	kay_akers
manslayers	15	4	268	3	manslayers
massagers	12	4	551	3	massagers
narraters	9	4	670	3	narraters
naysay	12	3	497	3	naysay___
naysaying	16	4	298	3	naysaying
naysayings	17	5	149	3	naysayings
sayers	9	42	2159	3	___sayers
taxpayers	21	4	189	3	taxpayers
wayfarers	18	4	262	3	wayfarers
waylayer	17	4	315	3	waylayer_
yeasayers	15	4	202	3	yeasayers

Search took 8 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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	23	6.783	21913.8
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.232	24708.4