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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “wherever” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

11 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
wherever	17	4	382	(None)
whenever	17	4	277	1	whenever
weever	12	38	1144	2	w_e_ever
whatever	17	4	267	2	whatever
wheeler	13	29	877	2	whe_eler
wheezer	22	29	667	2	whe_ezer
wherve	15	56	811	2	wher_ve_
wherves	16	54	805	2	wher_ves
whoever	16	3	410	2	wh_oever
whomever	19	4	296	2	whomever
whosever	17	4	289	2	whosever

Search took 5 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	11	4.233	28598.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.373	40862.3