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

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

24 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
wildfire	15	4	280	(None)
wildfires	16	4	283	1	wildfires
wildlife	15	4	325	2	wildlife
balefire	13	4	467	3	balefire
fieldfare	16	5	145	3	fieldfare
hellfire	14	6	428	3	hellfire
misfire	12	22	989	3	mi_sfire
rimfire	12	4	379	3	ri_mfire
vilifier	14	5	669	3	vilifier
welfare	13	3	572	3	wel_fare
widdie	11	34	1073	3	wi_ddi_e
wieldier	12	3	428	3	wield_ier
wildcard	15	4	364	3	wildcard
wilder	10	36	1647	3	wild_er_
wildered	13	3	663	3	wild_ered
wilders	11	35	1350	3	wild_ers
wildfowl	18	4	224	3	wildfowl
wilding	12	38	1429	3	wild_ing
wildish	14	4	685	3	wild_ish
wildling	13	24	808	3	wildling
wilier	9	32	1707	3	wil__ier
willie	9	41	1645	3	wil_li_e
windier	11	34	1216	3	wind_ier
windpipe	16	4	318	3	windpipe

Search took 7 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	24	6.546	22328.4
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	6.985	25582.1