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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “caterwauling” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

14 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
caterwauling	18	5	170	(None)
caterwaul	14	4	294	3	caterwaul___
caterwauled	17	5	136	3	caterwaul_ed
caterwauls	15	5	259	3	caterwaul__s
lateraling	11	14	880	3	later_a_ling
lateralling	12	4	463	3	later_alling
cakewalking	20	5	167	4	cake_walking
catcalling	15	4	512	4	cat__calling
catenating	13	4	868	4	cate_na_ting
catering	11	20	1990	4	cater____ing
overhauling	18	4	603	4	_overhauling
tabernacling	17	8	127	4	tabernacling
waterfowling	22	5	189	4	waterfowling
watermarking	22	5	268	4	watermarking

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	6.890	18111.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.280	24545.5