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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gadfly” 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
gadfly	14	3	466	(None)
badly	11	49	1876	2	bad_ly
barfly	14	33	965	2	barfly
dayfly	16	3	381	2	dayfly
gaily	9	50	2097	2	ga_ily
gainly	10	4	932	2	gainly
gallfly	14	3	352	2	gallfly
gally	9	50	2617	2	ga_lly
gamely	12	47	1191	2	gamely
gamily	12	37	1218	2	gamily
gangly	11	39	1158	2	gangly
gaudily	12	3	652	2	gaudily
gayly	12	45	1309	2	ga_yly
gladly	11	49	793	2	glad_ly
godly	10	49	1329	2	god_ly
madly	11	52	1813	2	mad_ly
mayfly	17	3	440	2	mayfly
medfly	15	3	522	2	medfly
sadly	9	45	1912	2	sad_ly
sandfly	14	3	564	2	sandfly
sawfly	15	3	513	2	sawfly
shadfly	17	3	378	2	shadfly
waddly	14	47	872	2	waddly
waffly	18	30	543	2	waffly

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	2.156	38289.0
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.499	71505.0