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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “waterhen” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

12 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
waterhen	14	8	530	(None)
waterhens	15	7	496	1	waterhens
watermen	13	7	761	1	watermen
dakerhen	16	4	242	2	dakerhen
waterbed	14	3	644	2	waterbed
watered	11	30	1495	2	water_ed
waterer	10	33	1407	2	water_er
waterhead	16	4	439	2	waterhead
waterier	11	3	1208	2	waterier
waterjet	18	4	829	2	waterjet
waterman	13	9	728	2	waterman
watershed	16	4	463	2	watershed

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.310	36573.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.703	48255.7