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

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

15 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
galyac	12	3	597	(None)
galyacs	13	3	527	1	galyacs
galyak	14	4	533	1	galyak
calpac	12	32	1106	2	calpac
gala	5	56	3516	2	gal_a_
galah	9	59	1763	2	gal_ah
galas	6	57	3164	2	gal_as
galax	13	53	1446	2	gal_ax
galea	6	47	2293	2	galea_
galeae	7	47	1745	2	galeae
galeas	7	46	1851	2	galeas
gallic	9	4	1164	2	gallic
galyaks	15	3	462	2	galyaks
gayal	9	3	1271	2	ga_yal
kalpac	14	42	822	2	kalpac

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	2.250	36689.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.610	68464.0