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

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

18 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
byways	17	3	467	(None)
byway	16	4	753	1	byway_
always	12	40	913	2	always
anyways	16	4	442	2	anyways
bays	9	71	4391	2	b__ays
belays	11	43	1385	2	belays
bewrays	15	14	511	2	bewrays
brays	10	67	2311	2	b_rays
bylaws	14	41	583	2	bylaws
bypass	13	4	504	2	bypass
byplays	17	4	310	2	byplays
flyways	19	13	385	2	flyways
keyways	20	4	337	2	keyways
noways	12	12	773	2	noways
skyways	20	4	322	2	skyways
sways	11	55	1846	2	_sways
ways	10	77	3795	2	__ways
yays	10	57	2891	2	_y_ays

Search took 3 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	82551	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.466	33475.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.592	68939.4