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

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

21 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
prodigals	13	4	423	(None)
prodigal	12	4	600	1	prodigal_
prodigally	17	4	438	2	prodigally
prodigies	13	4	695	2	prodigies
cordials	11	3	963	3	cordi_als
ordinals	9	4	676	3	or_dinals
parodical	14	4	756	3	parodical_
periodicals	16	6	407	3	periodicals
predial	10	38	1541	3	predi_al_
presignals	13	6	384	3	presignals
procurals	13	5	528	3	procurals
prodigality	18	11	366	3	prodigality
prodigious	14	5	323	3	prodigious
prodigy	14	3	557	3	prodig__y
proposals	13	4	667	3	proposals
proviral	13	4	649	3	proviral_
proximal	19	4	518	3	proximal_
radials	8	36	1464	3	_radi_als
radicals	11	26	1016	3	_radicals
redials	8	44	1688	3	_redi_als
tropicals	13	4	561	3	tropicals

Search took 10 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	9.393	15824.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	9.826	18185.5