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

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

20 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
dwindling	15	12	379	(None)
dindling	11	24	1116	1	d_indling
swindling	14	13	583	1	swindling
windling	13	22	1226	1	_windling
dandling	11	25	1173	2	d_andling
diddling	12	22	874	2	d_iddling
dwining	12	26	929	2	dwin__ing
kindling	14	22	962	2	_kindling
pindling	12	21	1098	2	_pindling
spindling	13	13	627	2	spindling
swingling	14	15	620	2	swingling
trindling	11	3	713	2	trindling
twiddling	15	4	308	2	twiddling
twinkling	17	4	364	2	twinkling
widdling	14	22	874	2	_widdling
wildling	13	24	808	2	_wildling
winding	12	35	1791	2	_wind_ing
windlings	14	23	672	2	_windlings
winkling	16	29	829	2	_winkling
wintling	12	24	992	2	_wintling

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	3.546	34245.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.936	45399.1