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

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

22 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
nearby	11	35	605	(None)
nearly	9	48	1373	1	nearly
dearly	10	46	1532	2	dearly
deary	9	58	2684	2	dear_y
derby	11	47	1534	2	de_rby
early	8	53	2412	2	_early
hearty	12	63	1363	2	hearty
herby	13	47	1531	2	he_rby
leary	8	59	2738	2	lear_y
narky	12	60	1780	2	n_arky
nary	7	69	3122	2	n_ar_y
near	4	52	3650	2	near__
neared	7	51	1980	2	neared
nearer	6	46	1889	2	nearer
nears	5	55	2942	2	near_s
neatly	9	38	1248	2	neatly
nerdy	9	50	1470	2	ne_rdy
nervy	11	46	1086	2	ne_rvy
pearly	11	64	1484	2	pearly
teary	8	51	2405	2	tear_y
weary	11	56	2061	2	wear_y
yearly	12	52	1027	2	yearly

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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.606	31677.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.952	60532.2