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

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

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69 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
wheatear	14	4	257	(None)
wheatears	15	4	269	1	wheatears
cheater	12	48	1696	2	cheate_r
heater	9	48	2830	2	_heate_r
theater	10	40	1425	2	theate_r
wheaten	13	3	641	2	wheate_n
wheatens	14	5	466	2	wheatens
whetter	13	34	880	2	whette_r
beater	8	47	2939	3	_beate_r
bleater	9	45	1530	3	bleate_r
chateau	12	3	627	3	ch_ateau
cheaper	14	40	1058	3	cheape_r
cheated	13	44	1634	3	cheate_d
cheaters	13	36	1351	3	cheaters
eater	5	46	3984	3	__eate_r
feater	9	52	2405	3	_feate_r
greater	8	44	1649	3	greate_r
hater	8	50	3475	3	_h_ate_r
header	10	44	2254	3	_heade_r
headgear	13	4	337	3	_headgear
healer	9	42	2180	3	_heale_r
heaper	11	41	1952	3	_heape_r
hearer	9	43	2365	3	_heare_r
heated	10	45	2559	3	_heate_d
heaters	10	42	2522	3	_heaters
heather	13	39	1485	3	_heather
heaver	12	48	1967	3	_heave_r
hefter	12	43	1392	3	_hefte_r
hetaera	10	3	649	3	_hetaera
neater	6	44	2431	3	_neate_r
pleater	9	39	1633	3	pleate_r
reheater	11	34	1303	3	reheate_r
retear	6	31	1548	3	_re_tear
seater	6	45	3416	3	_seate_r
shearer	10	44	1469	3	sheare_r
sheather	14	5	823	3	sheather
sheeter	10	38	1491	3	sheete_r
shelter	10	32	1496	3	shelte_r
sweater	10	37	1272	3	sweate_r
theaters	11	42	1190	3	theaters
treater	7	42	1983	3	treate_r
water	8	47	3331	3	w__ate_r
weaker	13	40	1544	3	w_eake_r
weaner	9	38	1677	3	w_eane_r
wearer	9	43	1941	3	w_eare_r
weather	13	35	1322	3	w_eather
weaver	12	39	1661	3	w_eave_r
welter	9	34	1738	3	w_elte_r
wester	9	42	2289	3	w_este_r
wetter	9	39	1944	3	w_ette_r
whaler	12	46	1197	3	wh_ale_r
whatever	17	4	267	3	wh_atever
wheat	11	49	2457	3	wheat___
wheatland	16	4	195	3	wheatland
wheatless	15	3	400	3	wheatless
wheats	12	50	1322	3	wheat__s
wheatworm	20	4	220	3	wheatworm
wheeler	13	29	878	3	wheele_r
wheezer	22	29	668	3	wheeze_r
whereas	13	44	890	3	whe_reas
whereat	13	43	1192	3	whe_reat
whether	16	34	662	3	whe_ther
whetted	14	25	669	3	whette_d
whetters	14	24	665	3	whetters
whiter	12	43	1639	3	wh_ite_r
whitter	13	91	1089	3	whitte_r
wreaker	14	36	1004	3	wreake_r
wreather	14	26	860	3	wreather
wrester	10	28	1241	3	wreste_r

Search took 9 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	146162	0.546	327272.9
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	69	7.453	19611.2
3	Display Results	69	69	0.030	2300.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	69	8.029	22255.7