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

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

9 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
whinged	15	40	915	(None)
hinged	11	46	1892	1	_hinged
whanged	15	44	761	1	whanged
whined	13	47	1520	1	whin_ed
whinge	13	43	1154	1	whinge_
whinger	14	108	1091	1	whinger
whinges	14	36	1063	1	whinges
winged	11	46	2083	1	w_inged
wringed	12	37	1019	1	wringed

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	69583	0.610	292936.1
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	9	2.843	24475.2
3	Display Results	9	9	0.016	562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	3.469	51510.8