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

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

23 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
whence	14	18	792	(None)
hence	10	49	2004	1	_hence
thence	11	20	1084	1	thence
chance	13	46	1709	2	chance
fence	10	53	1991	2	_fence
hance	10	54	2415	2	_hance
henge	9	48	1983	2	_henge
pence	9	49	2445	2	_pence
spence	10	38	1379	2	spence
weenie	9	26	1202	2	weenie
wench	13	62	1478	2	w_ench
whee	10	54	2959	2	whe__e
wheeze	21	27	681	2	wheeze
when	10	57	2304	2	when__
whenas	12	46	1046	2	whenas
whens	11	46	1876	2	when_s
where	11	70	1942	2	whe_re
wherve	15	56	811	2	wherve
whine	11	60	2281	2	whin_e
whinge	13	43	1154	2	whinge
wienie	9	22	997	2	wienie
wince	10	52	2088	2	w_ince
wrench	14	43	935	2	wrench

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.110	39123.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.453	72845.9