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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “wastewaters” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

9 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
wastewaters	17	14	250	(None)
wastewater	16	14	300	1	wastewater_
wastepapers	18	5	161	2	wastepapers
anteaters	9	3	934	3	_ante_aters
bathwaters	18	4	353	3	ba_thwaters
castraters	12	4	647	3	cast_raters
tastemakers	17	5	251	3	tastemakers
wastepaper	17	5	182	3	wastepaper_
wasteways	18	4	311	3	wastewa__ys

Search took 5 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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	9	4.593	26482.3
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	4.986	35838.5