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

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

14 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
nyala	8	3	682	(None)
nala	4	69	3039	1	n_ala
nyalas	9	3	690	1	nyalas
ala	3	124	6360	2	__ala
coala	7	75	2112	2	coala
gala	5	56	3516	2	_gala
hyla	10	67	1651	2	hy_la
koala	9	51	1221	2	koala
nada	5	80	2290	2	n_ada
nalas	5	55	2836	2	n_alas
nana	4	66	3289	2	n_ana
napa	6	69	2726	2	n_apa
tala	4	59	3805	2	_tala
yald	8	69	2060	2	_yald

Search took 6 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	53800	0.190	940478.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	14	4.733	11367.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.923	36297.2