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

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

18 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
labials	9	29	987	(None)
labial	8	47	1434	1	labial_
bilabials	13	9	365	2	bilabials
cabals	10	40	2015	2	cab_als
facials	12	33	1074	2	facials
gavials	11	3	660	2	gavials
labels	8	45	1568	2	lab_els
labia	7	52	1901	2	labia__
labially	13	3	698	2	labially
labiate	9	13	1357	2	labiate
labiates	10	10	1151	2	labiates
labile	8	3	1522	2	labi_le
lamias	8	50	2061	2	lamia_s
laminals	10	33	930	2	laminals
lanitals	8	3	772	2	lanitals
lariats	7	6	1505	2	lariats
radials	8	36	1463	2	radials
sabals	8	46	1886	2	sab_als

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.702	48268.8