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

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

13 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
paisley	12	3	555	(None)
paisleys	13	3	334	1	paisleys
parsley	12	4	779	1	parsley
aisle	5	52	2319	2	_aisle_
aisled	7	45	1618	2	_aisled
aisles	6	47	2114	2	_aisles
bailey	11	50	1567	2	bai_ley
paise	7	50	2833	2	pais_e_
parley	11	67	1835	2	pa_rley
parsleys	13	3	508	2	parsleys
passkey	16	3	356	2	passkey
pusley	11	37	961	2	p_usley
pussley	12	37	512	2	pussley

Search took 4 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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	3.250	33129.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.376	52929.8