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

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

22 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
woadwax	21	4	217	(None)
woodwax	21	4	347	1	woodwax
roadway	14	6	461	2	roadway
woadwaxen	23	5	121	2	woadwaxen
woadwaxes	23	4	232	2	woadwaxes
addax	14	3	599	3	__addax
broadax	17	4	445	3	broad_ax
earwax	16	6	473	3	_earwax
headway	17	4	555	3	headway
paxwax	17	4	295	3	_paxwax
roadways	15	6	461	3	roadways
toadflax	19	5	108	3	toadflax
wadmal	12	3	728	3	w_admal
windway	17	4	515	3	windway
woad	8	55	2394	3	woad___
woaded	11	52	1160	3	woad_ed
woads	9	48	1844	3	woad__s
woadwaxens	24	5	91	3	woadwax~~ens~~
woodbox	20	4	369	3	woodbox
woodman	13	3	631	3	woodman
woodwaxen	23	5	195	3	woodwaxen
woodwaxes	23	4	310	3	woodwaxes

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	134027	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	22	6.763	19817.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.186	24866.5