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

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

19 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
welkin	13	3	731	(None)
welkins	14	3	717	1	welkins
calkin	12	35	1549	2	calkin
elain	5	53	2470	2	_elain
elfin	8	43	1246	2	_elfin
eloin	5	59	2320	2	_eloin
jerkin	17	25	811	2	jerkin
kelvin	13	11	732	2	kelvin
malkin	12	29	1315	2	malkin
pekin	11	15	1442	2	pe_kin
selkie	10	28	1169	2	selkie
walking	15	40	1330	2	walking
weaken	13	34	960	2	weaken
weakon	13	35	762	2	weakon
welding	12	32	1325	2	welding
wellie	9	28	1491	2	wellie
welling	11	29	2031	2	welling
welting	11	36	1531	2	welting
weskit	13	3	834	2	weskit

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	82551	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.763	29877.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.139	56926.1