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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “waltzers” 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
waltzers	20	3	400	(None)
waltzer	19	3	438	1	waltzer_
waltzes	19	3	595	1	waltze_s
alters	6	49	2422	2	_alt_ers
falters	10	39	1647	2	falt_ers
halters	10	46	1980	2	halt_ers
palters	9	40	2168	2	palt_ers
patzers	18	42	1057	2	pa_tzers
salters	7	36	2225	2	salt_ers
saltiers	8	34	1195	2	saltiers
seltzers	17	3	506	2	seltzers
wafters	13	41	1281	2	waft_ers
waiters	10	42	1862	2	wait_ers
walers	9	48	2446	2	wal__ers
walkers	14	34	1147	2	wal_kers
waltzed	20	3	349	2	waltze_d
wanters	10	44	2009	2	want_ers
wasters	10	40	2659	2	wast_ers
waters	9	50	3063	2	wa_t_ers
welters	10	35	1606	2	welt_ers

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.813	31749.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.216	42384.0