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

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

16 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
maladies	11	3	1193	(None)
miladies	11	3	992	1	miladies
baldies	10	53	1770	2	bal_dies
beladies	11	3	1042	2	beladies
galaxies	16	3	716	2	galaxies
ladies	7	51	2488	2	__ladies
malaise	9	3	1267	2	mala_ise
malaises	10	3	1233	2	malaises
malarias	10	3	1377	2	malarias
malarkies	15	4	511	2	malarkies
malates	9	35	2260	2	mala_tes
maundies	11	3	785	2	maundies
melodies	11	3	1012	2	melodies
miladis	10	4	982	2	miladi_s
paladins	11	9	1100	2	paladins
salaries	8	3	1957	2	salaries

Search took 5 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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.686	32842.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.095	43636.4