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

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

26 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
silvae	9	28	1109	(None)
silva	8	27	1402	1	silva_
silvan	9	28	1015	1	silvan
silvas	9	29	1218	1	silvas
sylvae	12	23	686	1	sylvae
salpae	8	46	1427	2	salpae
salvage	11	3	819	2	salvage
salve	8	50	2213	2	salv_e
selva	8	30	1427	2	selva_
selvage	11	3	655	2	selvage
selvas	9	38	1291	2	selvas
sieve	8	49	1884	2	siev_e
silage	7	27	1530	2	silage
silane	6	27	1805	2	silane
silkie	10	33	1340	2	silkie
silvans	10	30	833	2	silvans
silver	9	38	1581	2	silver
silvex	16	33	672	2	silvex
slave	8	42	2403	2	s_lave
solvate	10	27	1021	2	solvate
solve	8	56	1894	2	solv_e
sylva	11	26	844	2	sylva_
sylvan	12	25	736	2	sylvan
sylvas	12	28	817	2	sylvas
villae	9	56	1538	2	villae
vulvae	12	43	803	2	vulvae

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.483	33246.5
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.859	62501.2