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

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

16 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
waistbands	16	5	220	(None)
waistband	15	4	224	1	waistband_
wristbands	16	5	200	1	wristbands
wristband	15	4	210	2	wristband_
cabstands	14	5	373	3	cabst_ands
disbands	12	3	735	3	_dis_bands
hairbands	15	4	406	3	hai_rbands
hatbands	14	4	629	3	ha__tbands
passbands	14	5	398	3	pa_ssbands
rainbands	12	4	419	3	rai_nbands
waistings	13	527	1076	3	waist_ings
waistlines	13	4	389	3	waistlines
washstands	17	5	213	3	washst_ands
wastelands	14	4	289	3	wa_stelands
watchbands	21	5	282	3	watchbands
wavebands	18	4	335	3	wa_vebands

Search took 7 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.300	22317.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.733	26539.6