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

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

19 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
piraya	11	6	771	(None)
pirana	8	7	1326	1	pirana
pirayas	12	7	748	1	pirayas
pitaya	11	8	660	1	pitaya
papaya	13	3	750	2	papaya
picara	10	3	1190	2	picara
pinata	8	38	1721	2	pinata
piracy	13	3	947	2	piracy
piragua	10	4	464	2	piragua
piranas	9	9	1260	2	piranas
piranha	12	12	636	2	piranha
pirate	8	23	2288	2	pirate
pitayas	12	8	626	2	pitayas
playa	10	58	1294	2	p_laya
pray	9	63	3153	2	p_ray_
prays	10	50	2243	2	p_rays
purana	8	7	1293	2	purana
raya	7	52	2482	2	__raya
spiraea	9	40	798	2	spiraea

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.453	33653.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.563	69719.5