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

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

12 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
however	16	3	451	(None)
forever	13	3	895	2	forever
hoover	12	43	1443	2	ho_over
hover	11	55	2413	2	ho__ver
hoverer	13	31	982	2	hoverer
howler	12	35	1431	2	how_ler
howsoever	18	5	199	2	howsoever
showerer	14	3	616	2	showerer
soever	9	44	1209	2	so_ever
whoever	16	3	410	2	who_ever
whomever	19	4	296	2	whomever
whosever	17	4	289	2	whosever

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	12	3.186	33795.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.575	49983.5