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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “waterfowlert” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

14 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
waterfowler	20	5	231	1	waterfowler_
waterfowlers	21	5	211	1	waterfowlers
watercooler	16	5	301	3	watercooler_
watercoolers	17	5	253	3	watercoolers
waterfowl	18	4	348	3	waterfowl___
waterfowling	22	5	189	3	waterfowling
waterfowls	19	5	334	3	waterfowl__s
waterpower	18	5	409	3	waterpow_er_
waterpowers	19	5	352	3	waterpow_ers
batfowler	17	7	189	4	bat__fowler_
batfowlers	18	5	190	4	bat__fowlers
watercolor	15	5	286	4	waterco_lor_
watercolors	16	5	296	4	waterco_lors
waterfowlings	23	6	133	4	waterfowlings

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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	7.546	16537.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.965	22434.5