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

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

20 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
whackos	19	37	526	(None)
shackos	16	42	902	1	shackos
wackos	15	52	1099	1	w_ackos
whacko	18	47	703	1	whacko_
whacks	18	46	1048	1	whack_s
hacks	14	49	2871	2	_hack_s
shacko	15	38	1011	2	shacko_
shackoes	17	36	785	2	shackoes
shacks	15	48	1756	2	shack_s
shakos	13	49	1219	2	sha_kos
thacks	15	43	1192	2	thack_s
wackes	15	47	1771	2	w_ackes
wacko	14	55	1438	2	w_acko_
wacks	14	66	2628	2	w_ack_s
whack	17	48	1302	2	whack__
whacked	20	45	862	2	whacked
whacker	19	36	850	2	whacker
whackers	20	32	654	2	whackers
whacky	21	55	649	2	whack_y
wracks	15	47	1111	2	wrack_s

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	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.250	33129.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.626	49280.5