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

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

17 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
sequels	16	6	570	(None)
sequel	15	5	671	1	sequel_
sequela	16	6	399	1	sequela
defuels	11	29	698	2	defuels
equals	15	3	869	2	_equals
prequels	19	3	483	2	prequels
refuels	10	39	952	2	refuels
seels	5	56	3282	2	se__els
segues	7	4	1207	2	segue_s
seidels	8	3	839	2	seidels
sequelae	17	5	367	2	sequelae
sequent	16	4	1032	2	sequent
sequents	17	5	699	2	sequents
sequins	16	3	786	2	sequins
sheqels	19	3	475	2	sheq_els
squeals	16	3	651	2	s_queals
squegs	16	7	564	2	s_quegs

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.310	32529.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.702	48268.8