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

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

15 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
waterproofs	19	5	301	(None)
waterproof	18	5	353	1	waterproof_
waterproofed	21	14	234	2	waterproofed
waterproofer	20	18	250	2	waterproofer
waterproofers	21	15	199	2	waterproofers
weatherproofs	24	6	177	2	weatherproofs
airproofs	14	4	335	3	_a_irproofs
waterfloods	18	15	276	3	waterfloods
waterfronts	17	5	269	3	waterfronts
waterloos	12	4	604	3	water_loo_s
waterproofing	22	6	199	3	waterproofing
waterproofings	23	7	132	3	waterproof~~ing~~s
waterproofness	22	7	94	3	waterproof~~nes~~s
waterzoois	22	5	352	3	water_zoois
weatherproof	23	6	204	3	weatherproof_

Search took 6 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	4.890	24873.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.312	33639.1