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

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

19 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
essayed	11	3	401	(None)
assayed	11	3	559	1	assayed
essayer	10	3	394	1	essayer
assayer	10	3	557	2	assayer
embayed	15	3	544	2	embayed
enskyed	15	3	250	2	enskyed
escaped	12	38	885	2	escaped
essay	8	6	762	2	essay__
essayers	11	3	356	2	essayers
essays	9	6	565	2	essay_s
estated	8	37	1557	2	estated
estrayed	12	3	639	2	estrayed
messaged	12	3	554	2	messaged
sayed	9	61	2714	2	__sayed
slayed	10	47	1622	2	_slayed
spayed	12	42	1361	2	_spayed
stayed	10	48	1727	2	_stayed
swayed	13	35	1026	2	_swayed
unessayed	13	4	294	2	unessayed

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	2.890	37256.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.312	53952.6