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

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

12 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
portrays	13	4	529	(None)
portray	12	3	748	1	portray_
orfrays	13	4	353	2	_orfrays
portals	9	40	1556	2	port_als
portrait	10	5	1032	2	portrait
portraits	11	4	680	2	portraits
portrayal	14	4	247	2	portrayal
portrayals	15	5	200	2	portrayals
portrayed	15	6	411	2	portrayed
portrayer	14	6	400	2	portrayer
portrayers	15	5	360	2	portrayers
portress	10	3	832	2	portress

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	121059	1.080	165454.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	6.530	18538.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.610	23481.1