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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “flyways” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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14 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
flyways	19	13	385	(None)
flyaways	20	4	281	1	flyaways
flyway	18	13	469	1	flyway_
always	12	40	913	2	al_ways
anyways	16	4	442	2	anyways
byways	17	3	467	2	_byways
flatways	17	4	432	2	flatways
flays	11	63	2105	2	fl__ays
flyaway	19	4	316	2	flyaway_
flyboys	18	11	294	2	flyboys
flybys	17	9	277	2	fly_bys
folkways	21	4	314	2	folkways
keyways	20	4	337	2	keyways
skyways	20	4	322	2	skyways

Search took 6 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	0.783	228213.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	4.483	24017.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.282	33830.2