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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “prelaw” 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
prelaw	11	3	910	(None)
byelaw	14	4	425	2	byelaw
pilaw	10	39	1374	2	p_ilaw
predawn	13	3	535	2	predawn
prefab	13	3	624	2	prefab
prelacy	14	3	758	2	prelacy
prelate	9	5	1969	2	prelate
prelim	10	3	1142	2	prelim
preload	10	4	981	2	preload
preman	10	41	1745	2	preman
prepay	13	3	1031	2	prepay
preplan	11	4	995	2	preplan
presa	7	43	1904	2	presa_
pretax	15	23	1019	2	pretax
prewar	11	47	1258	2	prewar
prolan	8	4	1469	2	prolan
relax	12	48	1780	2	_relax
relay	8	44	2467	2	_relay
resaw	8	41	1725	2	_resaw

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	19	2.280	36206.6
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.626	68046.8