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

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

23 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
dale	5	56	4398	(None)
ale	3	65	7234	1	_ale
bale	6	63	5384	1	bale
dace	7	69	3492	1	dace
dal	4	75	5495	1	dal_
dales	6	64	3974	1	dales
dals	5	71	4512	1	dals
dame	7	71	4031	1	dame
dare	5	58	4886	1	dare
date	5	64	4332	1	date
daze	14	73	2723	1	daze
dele	5	68	4308	1	dele
dole	5	65	5000	1	dole
gale	5	63	4732	1	gale
hale	7	60	5283	1	hale
kale	8	65	3375	1	kale
male	6	60	5229	1	male
pale	6	60	5501	1	pale
rale	4	50	5056	1	rale
sale	4	49	5970	1	sale
tale	4	61	5416	1	tale
vale	7	49	3734	1	vale
wale	7	45	4643	1	wale

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	13983	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	23	0.280	49939.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.360	496363.9