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

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

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.

20 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
sayer	8	49	2655	(None)
gayer	9	45	1919	1	gayer
hayer	11	46	2024	1	hayer
layer	8	46	2647	1	layer
payer	10	51	2572	1	payer
saber	7	53	3024	1	saber
safer	8	47	2181	1	safer
sager	6	54	3205	1	sager
saker	9	51	3202	1	saker
saner	5	43	3432	1	saner
saver	8	48	3125	1	saver
sawer	8	50	2621	1	sawer
sawyer	12	43	804	1	sawyer
sayed	9	61	2714	1	sayed
sayers	9	42	2159	1	sayers
shyer	11	47	1478	1	shyer
slayer	9	39	1633	1	slayer
slyer	8	55	1512	1	slyer
stayer	9	45	1648	1	stayer
swayer	12	52	1097	1	swayer

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	20	0.513	56054.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	0.592	301842.9