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

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

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.

19 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
waler	8	42	2926	(None)
baler	7	56	3527	1	baler
haler	8	50	3352	1	haler
paler	7	54	3693	1	paler
taler	5	60	3486	1	taler
wader	9	53	2536	1	wader
wafer	11	44	1764	1	wafer
wager	9	59	2505	1	wager
wailer	9	37	2032	1	wailer
waker	12	55	2659	1	waker
wale	7	45	4643	1	wale_
waled	9	43	3099	1	waled
walers	9	48	2446	1	walers
wales	8	61	4283	1	wales
walker	13	39	1399	1	walker
water	8	47	3331	1	water
waver	11	50	2570	1	waver
waxer	15	43	1748	1	waxer
whaler	12	46	1197	1	whaler

Search took 2 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	28756	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	19	1.140	25224.6
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	1.296	137878.9