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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “layabout” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
layabout	13	4	516	(None)
layabouts	14	4	257	1	layabouts
gadabout	12	4	556	2	gadabout
layout	9	5	1370	2	lay__out
marabout	12	4	910	2	marabout
about	7	52	2908	3	___about
gadabouts	13	4	285	3	gadabouts
labour	8	42	1093	3	l__abour
lavabo	11	3	527	3	lavabo__
lavaboes	13	4	443	3	lavaboes
lavabos	12	3	545	3	lavabo_s
layouts	10	4	648	3	lay__outs
marabou	11	4	749	3	marabou_
marabous	12	4	906	3	marabous
marabouts	13	6	496	3	marabouts
payout	11	7	1465	3	pay__out
runabout	10	4	585	3	runabout
walkabout	18	5	285	3	walkabout

Search took 9 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	146162	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	18	8.326	17554.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.515	20985.4