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

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

17 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
wirehair	14	4	334	(None)
wirehairs	15	4	295	1	wirehairs
wirehaired	17	5	163	2	wirehaired
disrepair	12	10	334	3	disrepair
firehall	14	10	561	3	firehall
horsehair	15	9	365	3	horsehair
repair	8	40	1146	3	__repair
unrepair	10	4	237	3	unrepair
virelai	10	4	559	3	virelai_
virelais	11	4	641	3	virelais
wingchair	18	5	147	3	wingchair
wireman	12	3	784	3	wirema_n
wirer	8	51	2495	3	wire___r
wiretap	12	14	572	3	wireta_p
wiretaps	13	14	473	3	wiretaps
wireway	16	4	604	3	wirewa_y
wireways	17	4	583	3	wireways

Search took 8 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	17	7.280	20077.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.716	23158.5