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

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

23 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
wiregrass	13	4	342	(None)
wineglass	13	4	314	2	wineglass
wiredraws	16	5	299	2	wiredraws
wiregrasses	15	5	272	2	wiregrasses
bluegrass	12	4	238	3	bluegrass
cordgrass	13	4	301	3	cordgrass
fibreglass	16	5	197	3	fibreglass
firebrats	14	4	588	3	firebrats
firetraps	14	4	430	3	firetraps
pingrass	11	4	600	3	pi_ngrass
regress	8	27	1145	3	__regress
ribgrass	11	4	342	3	ri_bgrass
ryegrass	12	4	279	3	_ryegrass
turfgrass	13	6	150	3	turfgrass
winepress	14	4	363	3	winepress
wiredraw	15	5	351	3	wiredra_w
wiredrawn	16	6	234	3	wiredrawn
wireless	11	24	963	3	wire_less
wirers	9	46	1789	3	wire_r__s
wiretaps	13	14	473	3	wire_taps
wireways	17	4	583	3	wire_ways
wiseass	10	3	582	3	wise__ass
witchgrass	19	5	198	3	witchgrass

Search took 10 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	23	8.923	16658.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	9.346	19119.5