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

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

20 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
leastways	15	4	231	(None)
beltways	16	8	390	3	be_ltways
castaways	17	4	367	3	_castaways
eastward	12	4	499	3	_eastward
eastwards	13	4	425	3	_eastwards
estrays	10	52	940	3	_e_strays
flatways	17	4	432	3	fla_tways
headstays	16	4	356	3	headst_ays
headways	18	4	500	3	hea_dways
jetways	20	9	405	3	je__tways
laneways	14	4	457	3	l_aneways
layaways	17	4	340	3	l_ayaways
leasts	6	46	1641	3	least___s
leastwise	12	4	206	3	leastwise
leeways	13	5	445	3	le__eways
lengthways	20	5	83	3	lengthways
seaways	13	30	751	3	sea__ways
slantways	15	4	211	3	slantways
tearaways	15	4	297	3	tearaways
wasteways	18	4	311	3	_wasteways

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	7.393	20105.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.826	22833.0