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

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

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
bedlams	12	3	705	(None)
bedlam	11	4	927	1	bedlam_
bedlamp	14	6	451	1	bedlamp
bedlamps	15	4	366	1	bedlamps
beldams	12	3	705	1	beldams
beams	9	53	2817	2	be__ams
becalms	13	3	574	2	becalms
bedamn	11	3	781	2	bed_amn
bedamns	12	3	573	2	bed_amns
bedims	11	4	959	2	bed_ims
bedless	10	3	970	2	bedless
bedpans	12	3	717	2	bedpans
beflags	13	5	549	2	beflags
beglads	11	12	726	2	beglads
belays	11	43	1385	2	be_lays
beldam	11	4	1011	2	beldam_
beldame	12	3	723	2	beldame
beldames	13	3	680	2	beldames
blams	9	50	2385	2	b__lams
medlars	10	25	944	2	medlars
pedlars	10	32	1021	2	pedlars

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.406	31612.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.812	46875.9