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

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

18 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
overwater	15	3	807	(None)
overeater	12	3	1248	1	overeater
overwaters	16	4	575	1	overwaters
overate	10	6	2096	2	over_ate_
overeager	13	4	832	2	overeager
overeaten	12	3	1278	2	overeaten
overeaters	13	4	863	2	overeaters
overhate	14	3	1279	2	overhate_
overhated	16	6	1044	2	overhated
overhates	15	3	1194	2	overhates
overlate	11	7	1628	2	overlate_
overmaster	15	4	602	2	overmaster
overrate	11	6	1569	2	overrate_
overrated	13	3	1308	2	overrated
overrates	12	4	1462	2	overrates
overwatch	20	4	383	2	overwatch
overwatered	18	4	365	2	overwatered
overwinter	16	4	444	2	overwinter

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	121436	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.516	34538.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.965	45067.1