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

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

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.

9 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
whiled	13	45	1413	(None)
wailed	10	48	2359	1	wailed
whaled	13	46	1203	1	whaled
while	11	54	1869	1	while_
whiles	12	44	1801	1	whiles
whined	13	47	1520	1	whined
whirled	14	36	804	1	whirled
whited	13	48	1408	1	whited
wiled	9	52	3155	1	w_iled

Search took 2 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	48755	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	9	0.890	54780.9
3	Display Results	9	9	0.013	692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	1.249	143067.3