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

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

14 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
whimsies	16	3	519	(None)
whimsied	17	4	311	1	whimsied
flimsies	13	3	578	2	flimsies
hissies	10	39	1582	2	_hissies
shimmies	15	28	780	2	shimmies
whammies	18	26	551	2	whammies
whimsey	18	37	389	2	whims_ey
whimseys	19	32	246	2	whimseys
whinnies	14	23	727	2	whinnies
whirlies	14	16	737	2	whirlies
whirries	14	13	669	2	whirries
whishes	16	30	944	2	whi_shes
whiskies	18	3	595	2	whiskies
whities	13	31	1325	2	whi_ties

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.703	32692.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.092	43668.4