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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
whitish	16	3	597	(None)
waifish	16	3	770	2	waifish
wettish	13	3	596	2	wettish
wheyish	19	4	406	2	wheyish
whish	14	45	1292	2	wh__ish
whitefish	21	4	307	2	whitefish
whites	12	39	1988	2	whites_
whitest	13	37	1011	2	whitest
whitier	13	33	1106	2	whitier
whities	13	31	1325	2	whities
whitiest	14	25	988	2	whitiest
whiting	14	33	1130	2	whiting
whits	11	59	2382	2	whit_s_
whorish	16	3	660	2	whorish
widish	13	41	936	2	w_idish
winish	12	42	1226	2	w_inish

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.050	35302.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.440	51945.1