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]

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77 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
bereaver	13	4	667	3	_bereaver
cheeper	14	36	1074	3	che_eper
cheerer	12	35	1175	3	che_erer
cheerier	13	4	800	3	cheerier
chertier	13	8	787	3	chertier
deriver	11	42	1391	3	_deriver
forever	13	3	895	3	_forever
heaver	12	48	1967	3	_he_aver
heeder	10	42	1604	3	_he_eder
heeler	9	39	1731	3	_he_eler
herbier	12	3	959	3	_herbier
herder	10	45	1646	3	_her_der
heredes	11	3	1313	3	_heredes
however	16	3	451	3	_however
phereses	13	4	809	3	phereses
serener	7	34	1576	3	_serener
server	9	49	1771	3	_ser_ver
sheerer	10	38	1384	3	she_erer
sheeter	10	38	1491	3	she_eter
sheeve	12	34	1284	3	she_eve_
sheeves	13	39	1195	3	she_eves
shelver	13	42	1106	3	she_lver
shereef	13	3	774	3	shere_ef
shriver	13	47	1219	3	sh_river
swerver	13	6	573	3	swer_ver
therefor	14	9	445	3	therefor
thriver	13	47	912	3	th_river
warrener	11	3	691	3	warrener
weaver	12	39	1661	3	w_e_aver
weeder	10	33	1551	3	w_e_eder
weeper	11	43	1330	3	w_e_eper
weevers	13	37	999	3	w_e_evers
wharve	15	45	620	3	whar_ve_
wharves	16	45	713	3	whar_ves
wheedler	15	4	354	3	wheedler
wheeled	14	31	846	3	whe_eled
wheelers	14	28	773	3	whe_elers
wheeped	16	38	750	3	whe_eped
wheeze	21	27	681	3	whe_eze_
wheezed	23	29	645	3	whe_ezed
wheezers	23	26	527	3	whe_ezers
wheezes	22	30	680	3	whe_ezes
wheezier	23	3	334	3	wheezier
whelkier	18	3	325	3	whelkier
whensoever	19	5	122	3	whensoever
where	11	70	1942	3	wher__e_
whereas	13	44	890	3	where_as
whereases	15	4	567	3	whereases
whereat	13	43	1192	3	where_at
whereby	18	4	291	3	where_by
wherefore	18	10	390	3	wherefore
wherein	13	21	659	3	where_in
whereof	16	18	546	3	where_of
whereon	13	19	650	3	where_on
wheres	12	59	1743	3	wher__es
wheresoever	20	6	150	3	wher~~eso~~ever
whereto	13	4	606	3	where_to
wherried	15	17	501	3	wherried
wherries	14	17	902	3	wherries
whether	16	34	662	3	whe_ther
whetter	13	34	880	3	whe_tter
whichever	23	4	190	3	whichever
whirler	13	30	760	3	whir_ler
whirlier	14	17	529	3	whirlier
whitener	14	3	573	3	whitener
whosoever	18	4	198	3	whosoever

Search took 8 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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	77	6.550	22314.8
3	Display Results	77	77	0.030	2566.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	77	7.000	25527.3