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

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

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
waveforms	20	4	240	(None)
waveform	19	4	355	1	waveform_
ausforms	13	4	393	3	_ausforms
caseworms	16	4	507	3	caseworms
deforms	13	3	780	3	__deforms
gapeworms	17	4	338	3	gapeworms
landforms	15	4	411	3	landforms
paraforms	16	4	556	3	paraforms
preforms	15	3	740	3	_preforms
reforms	12	3	982	3	__reforms
tapeworms	16	4	424	3	tapeworms
wamefous	16	4	376	3	wamefo_us
warerooms	14	4	582	3	warerooms
waveoffs	20	4	204	3	wave_offs
waverers	14	31	861	3	waverer_s
wavers	12	50	2247	3	wave__r_s
waxworms	23	9	367	3	wa_xworms
wireworms	17	4	503	3	wireworms

Search took 7 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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.076	24463.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.498	27499.4