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

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

17 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
weatherglass	19	6	158	(None)
weatherglasses	21	6	89	2	weatherglasses
featherless	17	4	391	3	feather_less
weathercast	19	27	366	3	weather_cast
weathercasts	20	25	250	3	weather_casts
fatherless	16	4	421	4	_father_less
featherheads	22	5	259	4	featherheads
plateglass	13	7	185	4	plat_e_glass
waterless	12	3	801	4	w_at_er_less
weatherboard	21	5	296	4	weatherboard
weatherboards	22	6	260	4	weatherboards
weathercocks	26	6	180	4	weathercocks
weatherings	18	9	526	4	weather_ings
weatherizes	26	4	594	4	weather_izes
weatherly	18	4	440	4	weather_l__y
weatherman	18	5	424	4	weather_ma_n
weathers	14	34	1283	4	weather____s

Search took 9 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	17	8.406	14845.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.828	20241.4