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

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

26 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
whacko	18	47	703	(None)
shacko	15	38	1011	1	shacko
wacko	14	55	1438	1	w_acko
whack	17	48	1302	1	whack_
whackos	19	37	526	1	whackos
whacks	18	46	1048	1	whacks
whacky	21	55	649	1	whacky
hack	13	51	3454	2	_hack_
hacks	14	49	2871	2	_hacks
shack	14	53	2175	2	shack_
shackos	16	42	902	2	shackos
shacks	15	48	1756	2	shacks
shako	12	55	1608	2	sha_ko
thack	14	49	1517	2	thack_
thacks	15	43	1192	2	thacks
wack	13	53	3091	2	w_ack_
wacke	14	59	1862	2	w_acke
wackos	15	52	1099	2	w_ackos
wacks	14	66	2628	2	w_acks
wacky	17	47	1493	2	w_acky
whacked	20	45	862	2	whacked
whacker	19	36	850	2	whacker
whammo	16	40	519	2	whammo
whamo	13	55	1126	2	wha_mo
wrack	14	54	1388	2	wrack_
wracks	15	47	1111	2	wracks

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	0.220	812231.8
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	3.266	25275.9
3	Display Results	26	26	0.013	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	3.499	51069.2