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

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

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.

21 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
webbiest	15	3	535	(None)
cobbiest	14	11	852	2	cobbiest
dweebiest	15	4	266	2	dweebiest
gabbiest	13	3	727	2	gabbiest
herbiest	13	3	999	2	herbiest
kebbies	15	3	725	2	kebbies_
nobbiest	12	11	777	2	nobbiest
nubbiest	12	11	731	2	nubbiest
pebbliest	15	4	371	2	pebbliest
ribbiest	12	3	758	2	ribbiest
tubbiest	12	11	729	2	tubbiest
wabbliest	16	27	496	2	wabbliest
weariest	11	29	1479	2	weariest
webbier	14	4	542	2	webbie_r
wedgiest	13	30	798	2	wedgiest
weediest	12	23	1113	2	weediest
weeniest	11	24	1121	2	weeniest
weepiest	13	21	947	2	weepiest
wenniest	11	25	959	2	wenniest
wobbliest	16	27	533	2	wobbliest
wombiest	15	3	689	2	wombiest

Search took 4 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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.376	35858.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.782	47247.8