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

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

15 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
waiflike	18	3	457	(None)
airlike	11	3	1033	2	_airlike
calflike	17	3	515	2	calflike
dwarflike	20	4	161	2	dwarflike
hairlike	15	3	667	2	hairlike
taillike	12	3	786	2	taillike
warlike	14	24	1047	2	wa_rlike
wartlike	15	3	704	2	wartlike
wasplike	17	3	489	2	wasplike
wavelike	18	3	661	2	wavelike
waxlike	21	18	597	2	wa_xlike
whiplike	20	4	381	2	whiplike
wifelike	18	13	525	2	w_ifelike
wiglike	15	12	585	2	w_iglike
wolflike	18	3	406	2	wolflike

Search took 5 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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.780	32026.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.189	42657.2