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

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

22 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
diddleys	14	33	463	(None)
diddlers	11	35	915	1	diddlers
diddles	10	39	1507	1	diddle_s
diddley	13	38	810	1	diddley_
daddles	10	42	1380	2	daddle_s
diddle	9	49	1521	2	diddle__
diddled	11	42	1205	2	diddle_d
diddler	10	35	1151	2	diddle_r
diddlies	11	3	759	2	diddlies
diddly	12	38	957	2	diddl_y_
dindles	9	38	1724	2	dindle_s
fiddlers	13	32	828	2	fiddlers
fiddles	12	32	1260	2	fiddle_s
middlers	12	34	1019	2	middlers
middles	11	34	1530	2	middle_s
piddlers	12	35	959	2	piddlers
piddles	11	43	1427	2	piddle_s
riddlers	10	26	910	2	riddlers
riddles	9	32	1502	2	riddle_s
ridleys	11	14	578	2	ri_dleys
tiddlers	10	28	865	2	tiddlers
widdles	12	35	1434	2	widdle_s

Search took 5 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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.690	32807.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.076	43839.8