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

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

24 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
closely	12	3	705	(None)
close	7	64	2522	2	close__
closed	9	53	1796	2	close_d
closer	8	49	1820	2	close_r
closers	9	44	1532	2	closers
closes	8	54	2559	2	close_s
closest	9	43	1253	2	closest
closet	8	52	2660	2	close_t
closets	9	46	1160	2	closets
closeup	11	11	343	2	closeup
clovery	15	40	740	2	clovery
comely	13	42	1373	2	c_omely
cosey	10	62	2671	2	c_ose_y
cosily	11	36	1385	2	c_osily
costly	11	40	1233	2	c_ostly
crossly	12	7	727	2	crossly
crousely	13	4	656	2	crousely
cymosely	18	4	297	2	cymosely
erosely	10	3	808	2	erosely
lonely	9	29	1247	2	_lonely
loosely	10	3	671	2	loosely
losel	5	44	1942	2	_losel_
losels	6	47	1458	2	_losels
lovely	12	33	971	2	_lovely

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.685	48491.5